Thursday, December 20, 2007

Official Announcement: Trip to NY! =)

i know it may seem a little out of the blue XD but yes...

I'M GOING TO NEW YORK!!!! ^^

it was just this week that i sorta made up my mind about it.. hati kmi ng mom n dad ku sa plane ticket -- i pay half, they pay half.. =D

it was wednesday night -- that day i made up my mind about going (i was sorta toying with the thought already for a long time after mom n dad suggested it.. -- i skyped dad and we looked for cheap tickets.. where? cheaptickets.com XD

we found a REALLY nice one -- it was cheap, non-stop, and it was delta airlines ^^ pero the complication was that we couldn't use dad's credit card because the site didn't accept a Philippine address, tpos kng ung address d2 nmn ung gagamit narerecognize nung system na ndi matching ung address tska ung card (awts noh? XD ..) .. tpos tulog na c tita jinky and tito joel.. so we said, we'll just sleep on it and if the ticket at that price was gone the next morning then it wasn't meant to be...

next morning... ala na... (nooooooooooooo XD ..) .. but we didn't lose hope.. (imagine this na bitin tulog ku, tpos i have to do all this in 15 minutes cuz i had to get ready na for work XD ..) we looked for more tickets.. eventually found one for just 20 dollars more -- pero after chaos, we lost it within 5 minutes! XD .. the next we found was 40 dollars more -- it was starting to look grim =(

until we found one for just 30 dollars more! so we took it.. we used tita jinky's credit card.. so now..... I'M BOOKED! ^^

i'm leaving jacksonville on Christmas day (ala nmn kc daw plano kaya ok lng daw.. we'll only be doing something Christmas eve) in the morning and i'll arrive at NY in the afternoon.. gonna be there till the 3rd of january.. i'm hopin' it'll be loads of fun =)

when i get back, (which is a thursday) i'll be workin' the friday and saturday.. @_@ XD .. but that's fine.. i need the money to pay off my half of the plane ticket XD






that's pretty much it ^^

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! =)

=D






(as a side note: my amp supposedly arrived today at the store.. tito joel said he'll pick it up tomorrow ^^ .. can't wait to get rockin! \m/ ^^ XD ..)

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Friday, December 14, 2007

basically..

basically, my last exam for this sem was tuesday ^^

i haven't gotten my final grades for 3 of the 4 classes i took.. psych i got already though and i got an A ^^ a 99 to be exact ^^

and now the bummer part XD

3 12 and 1/2 hours work shifts since wednesday with bitin tulogs in between and super tiredness all throughout XD .. it's fine.. it's cash XD

there's this thing called "buybacks" at the bookstore and basically, what that is is that we buy books back from the students.. i set an all time record of 210 buybacks nung thursday XD .. dead serious..

basically today i did a lot of running, and basically im tired as heck XD

basically tomorrow we're watchin' a movie and basically, im sleepin' over at tita norie's ^^

basically, my amp isn't here yet.. grr XD

basically, got 300 dollars this week ^^ .. $140 from sellin' back my own books myself and $160 as my paycheck from work this past 3 weeks..

basically, i'm workin' 7 hours everyday from monday to friday nxt week (thank God it's spread out and ndi katulad nung 3 12-hour shifts thing XD)

and basically, i really miss you guys =( .. XD .. it was graduation today at UNF and the bookstore put up a stall at the arena.. so i did laps and laps of seemingly endless walking / running goin' back and forth between the 2.. XD

tpos medyo nagkamiscommunication with me getting picked up pa XD so basically, ran from the bookstore to the library to lot 7 and back to the library until i finally got picked up XD ..

basically....... the end XD

haay

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XD

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Sunday, December 2, 2007

What a week! XD

lemme see.. dang! such a blur i don't even remember what happened monday and tuesday! XD

ay ayun! i remember now XD .. we were preparing for the group presentation that was to happen wednesday XD basically that's it i guess.. tpos i had work on the side.. =D

wednesday was our group presentation for english.. it went well ^^ .. right after our presentation and class ended, i got a call from tito joel.. he stayed home cuz him and uncle golan did the mulch for the house.. when he called me, he said, "guess what jase! you're guitar's here dude!" XD

i was so psyched i couldn't wait for the day to be over and so i could finally see my guitar ^^ .. at the end of the day, tired and all messed up / bogsa XD , i finally saw it and held it in my hands! ^^ .. happy moment of the week.. XD =) .. (unfortunately, la pa akung amplifier and we're still workin' on it pero hopefully makuha ku na this week ^^ .. pero kht la pa amplifier, pineplay, at linalabas ku pa rin araw2 XD ..)

thursday we had lab (after 2 weeks of not having any cuz of veteran's day and thanksgiving XD ..) it was our final lab, tpos lab practical / final na next week @_@ .. me and caleb and justin (also from my lab class) ate at chik-fil-a at the towncenter then me and caleb went to the guitar center ^^ .. pinaayos ku ung guitar ku kc nafrustrate na aq kakapalit ng strings tpos sobrang hassle and nasisira lng kaagad (obviously super noob XD ..) .. bought a strap for my guitar (which there is a picture of in the My Les Paul album) tpos had my guitar set-up.. it cost 45 dollars for the setup pero it was worth it.. atska i2 pa.. what happened was that the guitar tech at the guitar center had 2 other guitar he was working on before he could work on mine, so obviously he wasn't going to be able to finish it before it was time for us to leave.. bale it was just there till yesterday, tita norie picked it up for me and paid the $45 bucks.. "Merry Christmas" daw XD .. thanks tita norie! ^^ .. got to play it a bit today and i am so happy wth it.. i don't remember it sounding this good since i first bought it a few years ago XD .. so that's good ^^

that same day, thursday, was my placement test for math.. for all who don't know, basically, i screwed up the placement test that i took nung summer XD .. so i was made to take Intermediate Algebra.. the academic advisor i spoke to at school said i could contact Dr. Hochwald at the math and stat department to see if i can skip int. algebra and just go straight to pre-calculus.. so thursday was the test that would determine whether i could or could not jump to pre-calc.. good news...... i passed! XD .. actually, my score was a bit short of the score that would allow me to skip int. algebra, but the good thing was that he checked the test manually and saw some of my mistakes that were real minor errors lng.. ung mga tipong 3 x 2 = 9 hahaha amp nga e.. XD .. tska there was something about it that i really felt was God's favor at work.. Dr. Hochwald had a feeling about me that he wouldn't have any problems / he wouldn't hear of me if he were to allow me to take pre-calc.. in other words, he had faith that i would do good in the class.. ^^ .. hard to explain but that's basically the gist of it XD .. ^^

friday was my stat exam.. it was the first college exam i least studied for EVER .. XD .. but i think i did ok p rin nmn kht papanu ^^ .. and i didn't pressure myself too much since Dr. Sen will drop the lowest exam score anyway.. so if i did worse than 95 on this one, edi ok lng.. iddrop un tpos my 2 exams, a 97 and a 95, will just average out to be a 96 which is still pretty good ^^ .. and who knows.. MAYBE i might have done better this time.. (despite not studying much for it XD ..) .. i also registered for classes nung friday.. i'll tell ya about it in another post n lng XD

yesterday, chores lng tpos work.. XD ..

i had to do my grammara quiz for english, a paper for enlish as well, i have to read 2 chapters of my psych book before tuesday cuz my exam is on wednesday (and im tellin' ya.. chapters in that book are LONG.. there's only 16 chapters in the book and it's about an inch thick, about as long and wide as our big notebooks nung high school... tpos nag-hhighlight2 pa aq and take notes on the side.. kaya 1 chapters takes me a long time XD ..), tpos i have to catch up with my reading sa bio cuz im kinda left behind ng kaunti XD, timed essay sa english tomorrow, work everyday monday to friday this week starting tomorrow, lab practical on thursday, statistics comprehensive exam on monday the next week, and then last bio exam on the day after (tuesday) ..

in short, CRUNCH time.. and i don't mean capn' crunch nor nestle crunch either XD

pero if i can just hang in there for the last week and a half of school, i'll be good ^^ .. tpos bakasyon na from the 12th till the 7th of january! ... yipee XD

that's all for now.. ^^ .. just tryin' to keep ya'll posted.. if anybody cares.. XD

take care everybody ^^

;)

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Housewarming.. and the latest..

howdy XD

dang! long time no post huh? XD

hmm.. i don't even know what the last story it was i told ya.. oh yeah! the one about tarddoggy / john from the forum who's gonna give me a pedal thingy =D

i was supposed to get the guitar already this week but it didn't happen yet kasi yun nga.. the pedal that's gonna come additional.. or at least that's what i think XD .. john said kc na isesend na lang niya kay will ung pedal tpos sabay2 isesend sakin.. i was expecting the guitar wednesday / thursday.. when wednesday passed tpos la pa rin, i messaged will and said, "didn't get it yet today.. i guess it's gonna be here tomorrow then? *fingers crossed* XD =D" ..

he replied by saying he's delaying sending me the guitar and he said for me to call him to find out.. sabi niya it was a good thing.. i was never able to call him.. i explained to him i was a little pre-occupied at the moment.. got busy with stuff (which i'll get into later.. =D ..) .. so ayun.. i'm just guessing na yun nga.. it's the pedal.. pero if it's anything other than that i'll be suprised! XD ..

just to add, ok n lng rin na medyo nadedelay yung pagsend nung guitar kc sabi ni tito joel if i just keep up my grades, and wait till the end of the month before i order my amp, he'll contribute half of the expense! ^^ .. i found a great deal from a deal here in jax for the amp i plan to buy (the Traynor YCV20WR).. they're selling it for $520 compared to its original price of $640 ^^ .. so for sure, im gonna get it from them and hopefully all will be smooth =D

monday last week was veteran's day so walang pasok.. thus, i had a 3-day weekend.. what happened was that i underestimated the work that i needed to get done so i slacked off nung weekend XD .. did absolutely no work at all XD .. (except i read my psych book a bit nung monday =D ..) kaya ang nangyari, the whole week this week i was real busy XD .. hardly got to go OL, and it just totally passed like a blur! XD

exam ku sa bio nung thursday.. it was one of the main reasons why i was busy the whole week.. i usually start studying for an exam a good 3-5 days before the exam itself.. e bio pa naman tong exam na to, tpos ndi ku ginawa ung cheat sheet ku over the weekend.. kaya aun.. busyness @_@ .. XD .. ALSO, i started my work nung tuesday!!! weeee XD .. so that ate up a big chunk of my time din.. ^^

started studying nung tuesday, wednesday, tpos thursday ung exam.. thankfully, since walang pasok nung monday and may isang section na may bio lab dapat nun tpos walang pasok, since they didn't have their lab, we didn't have ours either XD .. o dba? fair XD .. kaya nung thursday, instead of having my bio lab in the morning, i just went to school around 10 and started studying up until the exam..

.... it was easy @_@ XD .. after toiling so much for it, it turned out to be pretty easy XD .. i literally over-studied for it XD .. pero ok na rin un.. it's a good thing ^^ .. i haven't gotten the result yet pero sana maka 106 aku haha XD (100 for getting all 33 3-pt questions right and then 2 bonus questions worth 3 points each too.. XD ) .. sana sana sana =D .. i'll find out the result on tuesday ^^

after the exam that day (thursday), i had work (also had work the day before, started tuesday) .. tpos when i got home, after dinner, punta naman sa townhouse na ipapa-upa nila tito joel para mag-linis @_@ .. pero it was ok lng nman since i didn't really have much goin' on the next day (friday) .. english and stat lng nmn tpos la pang work.. ^^ .. AND, i got paid 20 bucks XD .. it took about 2 hours so i earned about 10 bucks per hour hehe =D

still same day (thursday), tita jess (kapatid ni tito joel) and grandma luchi (tito joel's mom) flew in from new york to spend the weekend and to go to the housewarming.. so they slept over here in the house for 2 nights.. ^^

saturday was tito jeric's housecoming (check out pics =D ..) .. we went there around lunch time.. when we got there, we checked out the house which is TOTALLY DECKED OUT AND SWEET BY THE WAY! XD .. the kids (including me XD .. ndi na aku pasado maging bata noh? XD ..) hanged out in jonjon's room.. (he's got a flatscreen tv, his own bathroom and walk-in closet, AND his own ps3!!!! @_@ ..) XD .. and so, the call of duty craze started XD .. maya2, the moore-berlins (cla tita norie, uncle dave, james, becca) and grandma arrive.. bumengga lalo ung call of duty craze! haha XD .. twas so much fun playin' with james ^^ .. that was pretty much what we did the whole day besides eating.. hahaha XD .. twas fun ^^

we set out to leave around 5 pero we ended up leaving mga 5:30 XD .. an accident happened kc.. =S .. when tito joel started his bike, as he was about to move, his clutch locked up tpos tumigil ung bike or something like that and then late na nya nababa ung paa nya kaya semplang XD .. ambigatbigat pa naman nun! @_@ .. thankfully, he didn't get hurt, no damage to the bike that was THAT bad, tpos it eventually started naman after a little tinkering XD

quick aside: on the way home, saw a dodge viper XD .. hehe cool B-)

got home and ayun.. the end XD ..

BESIDE ALL THAT, aral naman for the psych exam.. i managed to study a little bit yesterday tpos today, i studied 6 hours @_@ XD .. from 2:30 to mga 8:30.. XD i'm ready ^^ .. gotta ace this exam tomorrow para isang exam na lang para ma-100/ace ku ung class XD .. sana sana sana ^^

all in all, the Lord's been good and thing's have been pretty ok naman.. =) .. hopefully this coming week will be great.. =D .. it's thanksgiving next week and starting thursday hanggang sunday, la pasok ^^ .. unfortunately, it's probably gonna be filled up with being busy over the group presentation for english @_@ .. sana nmn hindi.. ALSO, hopefully i'll get the guitar already his week =D .. i'll be meeting with my group again tomorrow, (we met already a couple times in the past) hopefully we get a lot done..

i only have work tomorrow, no work tuesday and wednesday.. tpos un n nga, long weekend starting thursday.. still don't know what's gonna happen for thanksgiving and what we're gonna do pero hopefully it'll be good =D (daming "hopefully" noh? XD ..)

pray i do good on tomorrow's exam and get good news about the bio exam on tuesday.. =D

that's all for now kiddoz.. ^^

till next time ;)

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Dear Diary

Dear diary,

It was so freakin' cold today!


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end.




XD

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

happy holloween ! ... ? lol

it's kinda weird / new to me how holloween is here in Jacksonville.. today, i've seen 1 cowboy, 2 flower girls, 1 medieval lady, a couple of pirates, a zombie nurse, and right now, a couple of computers away from me (i'm in the library right now), i see a grim reaper type sickle sticking out from one spot..

XD

people actually where constumes! XD haha it's kinda weird.. but amusing nonetheless ^^ .. i don't know if it's just in colleges but i'm not surprised if later, i drive down the road and see a wizard in the car next to us at a stoplight XD



anyways, update time! XD

i got the result of my stat exam that i took last Friday.. i got a 97/100.. =)

it's a nice score, but IT WAS SO CLOSE! ... XD .. sayang e .. the last one i got a 95 in.. this time, a 97 -- an improvement... but it's just a downer thinking that on both of them, i was just 1 or 2 CARELESS mistakes away from 100 .. XD .. sorry for the complaining.. =D .............................. ok i take it back XD

i don't wanna be complaining now and then fail the next one XD

it was my 3rd psych exam this past monday.. just got the results today......... it's another 100! yay!!!!!!!! XD .. 2 more to go and i would have completely aced the class =) .. i really hope i do get 100's on the next two.. because if i do, that means i wouldn't have to do any extra credit work to get a 100 as a final grade.. if i DONT get 100 on the next two, i'd most probably opt to do some extra credit work to bump my final grade up to 100 =D ... at this point, i'm pretty darn sure that i won't take the final exam anymore for this class.. =D .. in case you i haven't mentioned, if you take ALL 5 midterm exams, the final becomes OPTIONAL .. SO..... i'll just make sure that i take the next 2 exams, and i won't have to take it anymore ^^ .. i doubt that taking the final would bump up my grade.. i mean, getting a 100 on the final is A LOT MORE tougher than getting a 100 on one of the midterm exams.. =D get what i mean?

today, i MIGHT get the guitar already... when i talked to Will, he said "Thursday or Friday" but i won't be surprised if i get even as late as next week.. why? ....

1. because he's sick his wife said on the forum XD
and
2. because he's making sure that i get a blue one =D

wee XD

and it's fine if that is the case (that i get it late) ... as long as i do indeed get the blue one (XD ..) AND it also gives me more time to try out more amps and hopefully find THE one.. XD

i MIGHT be going with Caleb again to the guitar center tomorrow.. it depends if there's a lot of labwork to be done..

as a matter of fact... i oughta get on it right now! XD

i gotta go.. catch ya guys later! B-)

^^

Thursday, October 25, 2007

i'm gettin' it !!! =D

guess what guys.. ^^ ^^ ^^

just spoke to Will.. (finally.. XD .. 2 days after the whole announcement haha XD ..)

HE'S GETTING ME THE GUITAR!!!! ^^ ^^ ^^

he's gettin' me an Epiphone Les Paul Standard =)

too bad it ain't the blue one i wanted =| .. it's gonna be in the Heritage Cherry Sunburst finish.. but heaven yeah! i'll take it !! XD

he ordered it and it's gonna get to him by monday.. while waiting, he's gonna be windin' up my pickups ^^

i'm callin' the pickups my WB Midnights or maybe the Midnight D WB's .. haha XD .. what do you think? XD

he said i'll have the whole package by Thursday or Friday ^^ .. sweeet B-)

anyways, i'd again just like to thank everyone who helped me out with the referral contest.. ^^ .. all 144 of you hahaha XD

and of course, thank you Lord for this blessing!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

totally awesome!!! ^^




also today, in between my lab and lecture, me and Caleb went to the guitar center! ^^

twas really fun!!! =D .. for the first time, i actually got to go to the guitar center and actually be there for at least an hour XD .. i just went wacko and did everything XD .. i played bass in the bass section, drums in the drums section, acooustic in the acoustic section, and then i got to try an amp that might be THE ONE XD (after the super long amp search i've been goin' through that you guys probably don't know about XD ..)

i tried the Vox Valvetronix AD50VT .. a 1x12 sized vox 50 watt valvestate modeling amp.. pretty sweet ^^.. AND, it has the headphone output that i totally need in this house cuz i'm definitely gonna be too loud XD

hehe twas a real nice birthday today =) .. even though when i got home, i had to do laundry crap XD .. i mean, we're talkin' folding underwear and rolling socks here hahahaha XD .. AND kht na may exam aku bukas and i had / have to study XD .. twas all still great ^^

thanks to everybody who greeted me! =) .. i really REALLY appreciate it.. =D

i miss you guys and i wish i could've celebrated my bday there wid you guys =|

till next time ya'll ^^

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

i'm overwhelmed! =}

dang! so much in one day, it's amazing XD

okay, i'll start it off small.. XD .. so far, i'm advance in my reading for all my subjects.. sa psych, last week pa me tapos sa lahat ng kelangan basahin for the next exam.. sa stat, advance rin.. sa english, la nmn maxado meron and it's gonna be pretty easy going for this week.. my next paper isn't sue till november pa.. ^^

ok, second, i got a package in the mail with the guitar picks i ordered last wkek.. hehe.. i have no idea why i did it, but i just did XD .. i just wanted to test out how it is to buy something online (also, cuz dale was asking me about buying stuff online that same day XD ..) .. it was just 9 bucks including shipping and i got 7 Dava Grip Tip picks.. they're pretty cool ^^ .. i'm gonna be stickin' to them for a while *nudge* XD

http://davapick.com/ ... ;)

also, the side story to this was that last week when i ordered it, i ordered the 6 pack of grip tips but then saw that they have a 5-pack of all they're picks -- a try-one-of-each pack, if you will.. so i emailed Dave Storey (the Dave of Dava picks himself XD ..) and asked him if i can have my order exchanged for the try-em-all 5 pack instead.. he's a real nice guy and he said he'll take care of it ^^ .. a few days letter, i got an email from him saying that they sent out the wrong pack.. tuluyan nilang na-send ung 6-pack ng grip tips.. he also said na i don't have to send it back to him.. it's free! .. and he's gonna send me the 5 pack still.. ^^ nice =D

next, i got the results of my 2nd bio exam today as well.. and i got another A =D .. the raw score was 94/100 pero since may extra credit points from clicker questions / in-class participation points, i actually got a 105/100 XD .. tpos ung last one, ung exam one, was 103/100 XD .. sweet B-)

moving on, today, the 23rd, is also the day that MLP (my guitar forum) announces the winner of the 2-month long referral contest that i've been asking help from you guys with =D

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/backstage/2089-mlp-referral-contest-winners.html

and guess what.... i won! XD .. =D .. ^^ .. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP GUYS! =) .. i REALLY appreciate it ^^

i'm gonna be contacting Will about what he's got in store for me =D .. i'll make another post if what i pray will happen will indeed happen XD .. =D

and ON TOP OF ALL THAT, i got a call from Carol from the UNF Bookstore this morning.. they're asking if i can work for them again! YES! XD .. the job hunt's been really gray lately, so this call was a real answered prayer ^^ .. i passed 'em by this morning and they had me fill an availability sheet.. they're gonna work out the schedule, then call me when they want me to start.. i could be staring as early as this week, or as late as early November.. but the point, i got a job again! yay! XD .. ^^

wooh! XD .. that certainly is a lot for one day's worth of showered blessings.. and i'm tellin' ya.. it really felt like it poured! XD

thank you Lord..

=)


Sunday, October 21, 2007

happy b-day james ^^

happy birthday james! ^^

it was his birthday yesterday.. we ate at Olive Garden - me, tita jinky tito joel, cole, becca, james, uncle dave, tita norie, and grandma.. then after eating, uncle dave, tita norie, grandma, becca, and cole went home while me, james, tita jinky, and tit joel went to watch a movie.. kami ni james watched The Comebacks, tpos cla tita jinky and tito joel watched We Own the Night..

guess what James got himself for his bday *smug* XD

he got himself the new iPod Touch! ka-ching! talk about loaded XD

this week, i have my stat exam, gotta work on another paper, keep up with my reading, and the regular stuff..

that's pretty much it.. till next time ;)

^^

Thursday, October 18, 2007

feels good to feel loose =)

baby! XD

feels good XD

last night, i felt real great about the turn-out of my studying for the exam i was to have the next day.. the next day (which was today) .. lab in the morning, exam in te afternoon.. doesn't sound very good but it turned pretty good ^^

first of all, the experiment today was pretty easy.. and it was great that the lab's topic was about the topics that were to come up in the exam.. so parang naging isang napakalaking review session ung lab class namin XD .. in one activity, we were given some cards which had written on them, stuff about the processes of respiration.. glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, krebs cycle, and the electron transpot chain & chemiosmosis.. bsta.. un XD .. tpos we had to use the cards to present our understanding of the topic.. long story short, i did good and i was real happy about it =D

after lab class, lunch kmi ni caleb, then pnta sa library to study..

the exam was pretty ok ^^ .. i feel pretty good about it.. i hope it'll have a nice turn-out next week when i get the results ^^

so today, when i got home, felt really nice cuz i hardly had any work to do =) .. advance na reading ku sa psych, bukas there's a timed essay in english pero wla nmn kelangan gawin para maghanda, tpos the regular quiz sa stat..

it felt nice to just be able to undwind.. play some guitar.. watch some tv (which i rarely get to do, it seems XD ..) and just have no worries ^^

i hope i'd get this feeling more often XD

it ain't gonna last long though.. XD next week, exam nmn sa stat XD pero it ain't till the end of the week p nmn ^^

nyweiz un lng.. just an update.. all that aside, nothing else is really new XD

sa inyu? =?

msta mga may sembreak dyan huh? *nudge nudge* XD

=)

Saturday, October 13, 2007

what's new ;-P

just a couple of things.. =D

the lab nung thursday was good.. hanged out a lot with caleb again..

i got another good score in my 2nd psych exam.. *wink* XD

this morning, i ran and did my chores.. this afternoon, i was suppposed to go to a pool party of one of my cousins but what happened was that me and my lab insturctor had an exchange of emails last night, and long story short, the lab report thing i worked almost all day yesterday, i have to do over @_@ oh well.. XD .. i have to get the lab work done now para next week i'm free to study for the exam next thursday..

next thrusday, it's gonna be my biology exam.. another paper in english might be due next week as well.. it's gonna be tight ..

other than that, nothing else is goin on naman.. i'd lyk to know how you guys are doing though =D

drop me a line sometime =D

tc! ^^

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

bye bambi =(

=(

bambi was brought to the vet today and was put to sleep.. =( .. she wasn't doing good kc for the past few weeks e.. she couldn't hold in her pee nor her poo and she had to be brought out all the time.. we could tell that she was in pain.. the doctor agreed with the decision of relieving her of the pain.. haay ka-sad talaga.. lalo na wen tita jinky sent me a pic of when she was already asleep.. =(

bye bambi.. we'll miss you.. =((




Saturday, October 6, 2007

happy birthday cole! ^v^

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLE!!! ^^

twas cole's birthday yesterday (oct.5) but we celebrated it today.. cla tita jinky invited over the moore-berlin family, tito jeric and family, tapos church people.. ^^

nung umaga i woke up around 9:20.. haba tulog hehe XD .. cleaned the house, did my chores.. etc..

cla tita jinky and aunt grettel ran a half-marathon starting nung 7.. it was a 13 mile run.. tpos tito joel was working security for the event..

around 12, di pa me naglulunch XD, me and tita jinky went to costco to pick up cak #1 (which was the big rectangle cake.. check pics) .. while there, we did groceries na rin for the week.. after costco, sa publix naman where we picked up cake #2 (which is was the small round cake..) .. the purpose of this cake was for cole (but actually tito joel and tita jinky xD) to blow the candle AND for him to dig in to.. LITERALLY XD .. which is why there are some pics na puro cake mukha ni cole xD

when we got to public.. dun dun dun.. =S .. ndi nagawa cake ni cole =( .. so they just gave us a complimentary cake for free tapos ginawan ng last minute na happy birthday cole na sulat.. xD

bak at home, ayun na.. everything was being set up na.. i had to make my lunch quick so i could help out and at least be ready before everybody started coming.. xD

so ayun.. datingan mga tao, mingling mingling.. chika chika.. food food.. picture picture.. then maya2 it was time to blow the candle ^^

so nag gather kaming lahat sa may dinner table where the cake was set and where cole's high chair and cake was set.. so aun hehe twas nice ^^ .. (check video.. ;) ..)

after this, cole was cleaned up (from all the cake he had on him xD ..) tpos he was kinda grumpy na xD .. obviously sleepy.. so from his point on, the party went on without the bday boy himself.. xD .. tulog! haha =)) .. but the show went on xD

so after this, bukasan na ng gifts and stuff.. lotsa toys, books, educational stuf, clothes etc.. ^^

that was pretty much it i guess.. it was a very nice celebration =)

it's a bummer though na after the tiring day, gotta study pa xD

psych exam on monday.. =D

nyweiz, that's it for now ya'll.. ingatz kaung lahat! ^^

=D

Monday, October 1, 2007

yay x-)

just some updates =D

i got a 91/100 sa bio exam ku and a 95/100 sa stat exam ku =D

new vid ^^ .. check it out ;)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ofWb3IPuwH0

greetings:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTHA!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ!

=)

hmm.. nu p ba.. i think that's it =D

oh yeah w8! XD

it's Cole's birthday on Oct. 5 (friday) but we're celebrating it the day after, Saturday =D .. kain kain! XD

on wednesday, ppnta daw kmi sa library sa english class namin.. =D

tmrw, bio class lng meron.. XD

ok i'm dry out of updates XD .. can't think of anything else.. XD

take care lagi ya'll ^^

miss you guys =|




Friday, September 28, 2007

yes! xP

weee a free 10 minutes before i make my way to class XD

anyways, just a quickie.. =D

yesterday was fun.. bio lab and lec was great.. nung lab we did sterile technique, some microscope stuff ulit, etc etc.. nung lecture, i sat with caleb.. when the class was over (@ around mga 3), i wasn't gonna get picked up till 4.. originally, i would have just went to the library to hang out there.. but after class, as me and caleb were walking out and talking, out of the blue, he asked if i play ping pong XD .. so i said "well not really but ya know what.. my dad was a ping pong champ back in his days.. XD =D ..)" .. then he asked if ive been to the game room yet.. so i said, not YET XD .. then he said, "well ya have till about 4 right.. how bout i bring ya there.." or sumthng like that XD .. so we went ^^

we went there, it's a cool place.. there are 4 billiard tables (AMF's), 3 or 4 ping pong tables, a couple of game consoles (xbox 360, ps2, etc) for the hard-core gamers XD .. medyo pumapatok ngaun dun sa game room kc irerelease na ung Halo 3 =D .. so wen we got there, there was one free pool table.. so we played a couple of games ^^ (i totally suck already.. gotta get my game back XD ..)

so aun, that was fun ^^

aside that, my referrals in the MLP forum have soared over the past 2 days! XD .. from 75, it jumped to a whopping 115!!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! XD

THANK YOU SA LAHAT NA NAGREGISTER =)

will hasn't noticed it yet i think but he'll notice soon enuf.. i don't wanna point it out to him.. ill just let him find out on his own ^^

nyweiz, that's pretty much it..

gotta go to my english class now.. later in the day, it's my exam sa stat.. so pray i do well ^^

till next time.. ;)

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

waaa! konti na lang!!! *o*

waaaaaaa! XD

ok lemme explain this agen in case ya didn't read my previous post entitled "favor plz" =D

there's this contest on MyLesPaul forums, a guitar forum i joined about a month or two ago.. it's a referral contest and the prize is a pair of pickups for an electric guitar (care of WB Pickups.. check out their site ;) .. http://wbpickups.com/)

in that previous post, "favor plz", i asked you guys to register to the forum with me as your referrer.. doing so gives me one referral..

right now, my refarrals are 75.. XD .. thanks for your support ^^ (sa mga gumawa nung favor =D ..) .. at about 50, i stopped trying already XD .. haha i was pretty sure i was gonna win.. and that still is the case.. BUT ^^

i got a message on the forum straight from the man of WB Pickups himself .. Will Boggs ^^ .. he gave me his number and told me to call him... i know it's kinda weird, but i thought about it and it didn't really seem like it's dangerous or anything like that... strangely, my intuition was to call.. so i did XD

wen i spoke to him (he sounds like a very nice guy by the way ^^ ..), in a nutshell, this is what he said..

he said that i was totally killing / dominating the referral contest.. so i said, yeah pretty amazing XD (amazing considering 75 referrals XD and the one below me has 14 XD ..) .. and then he asked what les paul i have.. so i said, "im pretty sure ive mentioned it already on the forum that i don't have any yet" .. i went on and said that i do plan to buy one when i get the money though which would probably be at the end of the year considering i was let go of my job 2 weeks ago.. i also said that come time in october when the winners of the contest was announced, i was gonna ask him if i could have the pickups held back till i get the guitar..

he then asked what i was planning to buy and i said it was the Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top in Trans Blue..

here's where the awesome part comes in :>

he told me this.. "i tell ya what jason...IF YOU CAN GET YOUR REFERRALS TO 100, I'LL THROW IN THAT GUITAR YOU WANTED AS AN ADDITIONAL PRIZE TO THE PICKUPS.." =O

he jokingly said next, " i mean, if im gonna give ya the pickups.. you gotta have a guitar to go with it"

XD

which is totally true! XD

so eto nanaman!!!! super duper baet nanaman ni Lord! parang ang nangyari, cinancel nya ung last na nangyari (ung kay Fred [refer to 2 previous posts]) tpos He made this happen para ang mangyayari is na makukuha ku ung guitar NA GUSTO KO!! waaaaaa galing galing!!!!! ^^

ok so this is the thing guys... sa mga ndi pa nakakaregister sa MLP..

click this link http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/index.php?referrerid=751, click on 'register' (which you should see on the left side immediately when you click this link) then fill out the form.. you should see 'midnightdreamer' (that's me =D ..) under 'Referrer' .. if you don't please fill that in too =D

kung nabasa nyu ung last na post, i also asked that you guys make 5 posts.. ngaun, NDI NA KELANGAN.. all i need is the referral.. =)

please guys.. KONTI NA LANG, PATU GITARA NA GUSTO KU LIBRE NA!!! plz plz plz =D

P.S. sa mga nagregister na, please don't try to register again even if it's under a different username.. baka malagot aku XD .. i've already given you my thanks ^^

so guys, PLEASE.. if it's not so much to ask.. =D .. thanks! ^^



Updates:

my paper for english has been moved to monday ^^
tapos na exam ku sa biology..
sa friday exam ku sa stat..
i've made a new video.. check it out it's here on the site ;) .. OR check it out sa youtube.. this is the link to my channel ^^ .. http://youtube.com/profile?user=aIIoutboy .. if you have a youtube account, plz comment on the vid, add me as a friend, and check out my subscriptions and favorites ^^ .. thanks ^^

=D

Friday, September 21, 2007

whoops!~ jumped too soon XD

ok here's the deal.. XD

when i woke up this morning, i didn't feel so good about what happened yesterday.. something didn't seem right..

i talked to tita jinky and tito joel about it and they are both against it and they don't want me to give away our address..

long story short.. i ain't getting fred's offer XD

in a sense, it's too good to be true.. even though i felt that he was kinda sincere, and even though it really might have been for real, nonetheless, in the end, i'd still have to respect tita jinky's and tito joel's decision on it anyway.. and though his sincereness can be debatable, we'll never really know.. it's better not to know than to find out with the addition of something bad happening.. if your mind is broad, ya'll can imagine what i mean..

i ain't really affected by it cuz a day before yesterday, i was doing fine... everything was goin ok.. so theoretically, i should still be fine even though it ain't gonna happen anymore.. in other words, i can think of it as if it never really happened..=D

ever since the beginning of it all.. i knew it.. when i recieved that first email and he asked me about my gear, i already knew that he was gonna give me something.. i wasn't so surprised by the time i got the 4th or 5th message where he laid it down and told me he'd give me the amp n' guitar.. at the same time, i kinda had the feeling that this probably still won't happen XD .. ewan ku ba XD i just had this feeling from the start.. i guess i just got blinded by the excitement and the hope of it really being true.. not so much the exceitement about it really happening.. gets? XD .. i was blinded by the thought that it could be from God, when it, in reality, was most likely just a test from Him, seeing if i could say no to it.. i know this is really faith-ish nd all but it's a good thing not to be ashamed of it =D .. thing is this... when it was that 1st Burning Heart session (a night service that happens every month at church where it's all praise and worship), one theme of it hat night was surrender and about Him being #1 and above all.. at some point in the service, kelanie i believe, was led by the Holy Spirit to say that we should surrended anything that we might be considering above God.. and at that moment, what first came to my mind was my future guitar.. medyo what was happening kc was that my work was becoming motivated into making money for that guitar (which might be one reason why God took away the job form me).. so nyweiz, it's cuz of that that the first thing is thought of was to surrender the guitar (even though i didn't even have it yet) to the Lord so i could rethrone Him as #1 in my life.. that moment, the Lord spoke to Tita Jinky and Tita Jinky gave me confirmation that that was what the Lord wanted me to do.. so that's what i did..

so when this thing happened yesterday, i initially thought that this might be Go'd answer to that.. but then i realized when i thought about it a little harder, that i may have not surrendered it fully yet, and that this was another test from Him.. so now, that it ain't gonna happen anymore, im more at peace cuz i feel that i passed the test in the sense that i was so easily able to accept tita jinky's and tito joel's decision.. ya'll get what i mean? please don't think of me as wierd or anything ayt? XD

nyweiz, on the bright side, im still alive XD .. im still fine.. XD .. it's as if nothing's happened .. everything's going smoothly.. and everything is STILL in God's hands.. =) ;) .. im going to try to get a hold of fred agen and tell him about my decision.. in other words, i'll say, thanks anyway.. XD

off that topic, i was able to speak with Mr. Turner again today, and everything is pretty much planned and ironed out.. but it's still subject to change and it all depends on the decisions ill be making in the future, and the conviction God gives me toward the direction He wants me to go.. as goes in Kelanie's song 'Let Go Now', "I make my good plans; You [God] direct my stops. I will trust in You at all times. Your ways are higher than mine. I let go now." =D

aside from that, other upcoming stuf..

i have to read chapter 1 of my english textbook.. 80 pages long! XD (so don't go thinking it's THAT easy for me here.. XD) .. the 1st draft for essay #2 is due next week..

tuesday is my Biology exam..

friday is my Statistics exam..

and aside from that, i guess that's pretty much it.. XD

bye for now! ;)


Thursday, September 20, 2007

Blessing from above! =) =) =)

Hey guys! CHECK THIS OUT! It blowed my brains out!! It'll probably blow yours too! haha XD

there's this guy on the forum i joined (My Les Paul forums), his username there is rockinlespaul.. his name is Fred..

let me cut it here though and go back a little bit..

there's this one thread in the forum that was started by our admin their, flickofflash is his username, but we all call him flick =D

he said.. "HolyGrail [another member in the forum] once said to me, "imagine if everyone did one thing nice for a complete stranger each day how it would change our world " then he said ......... wtf haha lol.."

i jokingly replied to the thread and said, "i'm trying to imagine if someone here would be nice enough to give me a birthday gift on oct. 25.. haha XD"

2 days later (today), i checked the forum and there was one thread there entitled 'Paging midnightdreamer' (that's me =D ..) .. it was a thread by rockinlespaul.. Fred.. he gave me his email and told me to email him.. so i did.. =D

the following is our exchange of emails and at the end is the exchange of messages we made in a ym chat (which we should have done in the first place XD ..)





Me: hey man!
what's up?
my name's Jason by the way

Fred: Hey Jason...whats happenin'...my name is Fred.
So...tell me about the gear you have. Trust me, I have
a reason for asking....its all good.

Me: uhmm..
well you might be disappointed with what im about to
say.. .. but im pretty sure ive mentioned it on the
forum though that.....................
i do not have an electric guitar yet
i had a real cheap strat replica made by suzuki when
i was back in the philippines.. unfortunately, when i flew here,
i couldn't bring it with me cuz it was too much for me to bring..
what i was able to bring was my Seagull acoustic and right
now that's all ihave.. i also have a Boss ME-50 effects processor
that my uncle gave for my birthday but i haven't really been
able to use it since my amplifier went screwy
shortly after i got the ME-50.. thus i haven't
really witnessed the ME-50's full potential. and since
i dont have a guitar right now, it's just beencollecting dust..

Fred: Yeah, I read the threads...
When is your birthday?

Me: October 25.. 1990 if ya wanna know the year

Fred: No, just the day.
How long have you been playing? Do you plan on playing
a long time? I mean...do you really enjoy playing?

Me: oops.. hehe ok yeah.. it's oct. 25
do i enjoy playing? heaven yeah!!!!!!!
playing guitar and music are strong passions of
mine.. in fact, if only music was a more stable
career, i would have taken up music in college and
gone that route / career path.. but since music
can't guarantee a very successful career, im not
going that route..
instead, im aiming to become a doctor (which is
another interest of mine) while keeping music as
something i will ALWAYS have by my side
when i reach retiring age, i'd like to open up a
guitar store with the money ive made being a
doctor..
ive been playing for about 4 or 5 years now since i
was 12.. .. i just finished learning this new song
by andy mckee called for my father.. it's a great
song and i dedicate it to my dad since it was his
borthday this past 16th of sept, but most especially
to the Lord cuz he's so awesome XD
so playing wise ive kinda been sticking to acoustic
songs / pieces since i dont have an electric guitar
to play with.. i cant wait to start getting serious
with electric guitar.. lead and all that stuff.. i
think ive gone pretty far in terms of my ability
with an acoustic guitar, but i know that with
electric guitar, i still have a lot to learn

Fred:
It sounds like you have a very good head on your
shoulders Jason. Very cool...
Do you have a amplifier?

Me: well i did have one when i was in the philippines..
again, it was cheap.. but i was happy with what i
had.. can't be happy about it when it became broken
though
i posted a thread in the squawk box forum (tube amp
for 500 please) cuz im kinda researching in advance
what's a good amp to buy.. i was hoping to make
enough money come time my birthday passes by so i
could treat myself thing is, at this rate, since i
lost my job last week, it'll probably be delayed
till the end of the year or early next year..
hopefully no later than that...

Fred: Can't have delays like that bro....
This is the deal...from time to time, I like to do
things for people who deserve them. It's been a while
and I'm due again.
I've been reading some of your threads and I wanted to
hear what you had to say about some things. I heard
what I was hoping to hear. You've been playing a while
so it's not a passing fade for you. You believe in
God...that's a biggie there. You have goals in life,
etc...
When October comes, you send me your address. I'm
sending you a decent electric and a amp. No cost ever,
just remember it and do something for someone down the
road who needs it. I don't ever want anything in
return.
I will make one request, and that is to say nothing
about it on the forum until your birthday. If you want
to after that, thats fine.

Me: SERIOUSLY FRED!?!?!?!?!?!?
IM SPEECHLESS!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY!!! IS
THERE ANYWAY I CAN THANK YOU??????? PLEASE THERE
MUST BE SOMEWAY! i will hold it back and keep it in
me till after my birthday passes but i will
CERTAINLY let the people know of your kindness if
that's alright with you... YOU ONLY DESERVE IT!!
EVEN MORE THAN THAT!
GOSH!
DANG..!
THANK YOU FRED!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
i cant thank you enough!!! this is really big for
me fred.. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS!
please let me know if there is ANY WAY i can
possibly repay you..
thanks fred!!!

Fred: No, no thanks for me bro, lol. Just do like I
said...Pay it Forward...

Me: CERTAINLY!!!
thanks again fred!

Fred: Your
very welcome Jason...

Me: awesome fred! totally over the top sweet and wicked sick!

Fred: You ever see that movie Pay it Forward? Cool flick. If
you haven't, you should.

Me: hehe yeah ive seen it.. it was a nice movie.. haley
joel osment and kevin spacey.. twas such an awesome
idea that that kid made up.. the whole world would
be a better place if everybody did it..

Fred: Its one of my favorites. what kind of music do you like?

Me: rock most essentially.. ALL types.. the kind of rock
that caters to my youth .. christian rock, emo
rock, punk rock, hard rock, metal, grunge, etc.. as
well as the rock of era before me which is really
truly timeless i believe .. the likes of ledzep,
acdc, aerosmith, metallica, and the likes.. as well
as from the 90's (influence from my dad ) .. bands
like pearl jam, stone temple pilots, etc..
i also LOVE blues, jazz, alternative stuff, --
less louder genres.. i really appreciate the mellow
side of music as well.. it's really hard to explain
my taste, but i'd like to describe it as a fusion of
all kinds of music.. something like that..

Fred: Great taste in music bro....same here pretty much.
Tell me, what kind of guitars
have you played that you liked? I'm looking for one
now. It will be a decent axe. I can't do a Gibson Les
Paul or anything, but it won't be junk either, lol.




the emails were getting hard so we just decided to chat on ym.. XD (we should hav realized that much earlier shouldn't we? XD)




Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:05:58 PM): hey man!!
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:06:05 PM):
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:06:08 PM): haha
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:06:12 PM): yeah, way better than a million e-mails, lol
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:06:15 PM): this is so much easier and quicker XD
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:06:21 PM): yes
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:06:24 PM): yeah hehe ^^
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:06:31 PM): nyweiz to that last email you sent me..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:06:57 PM): what ive said so far was that my standard aren't high so don't worry much about it being decent im pretty sure it will be
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:07:03 PM): umm..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:07:05 PM): thing is..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:07:22 PM): i know all this about les pauls and such all from the forum and the sites etc..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:07:32 PM): so i havent really played much yet..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:07:57 PM): one that i have tried though was this one guitar that i decicated myself ot buying..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:07:59 PM): *to
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:08:04 PM): well it will be a decent guitar...it has to be good enough that I would play it, so....
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:08:16 PM): what guitar?
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:08:17 PM): which was an Epi Les Paul in Trans Blue finish
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:08:30 PM): ok, like the one in your avatar?
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:08:33 PM): for 500 bucks..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:08:34 PM): well
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:08:41 PM): the one on my avatar isnt that
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:09:04 PM): the one on my avatar is a les paul custom w/ zebra pups or something like that..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:09:05 PM): XD
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:09:10 PM): oh, ok
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:09:15 PM): but the Epi LP is close
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:09:19 PM): i love blue
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:09:27 PM): blue is good? lol
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:09:40 PM): hehe XD so i kinda decided on getting a blue one.. XD
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:10:05 PM): and the cheapest yet most decent one i found was that.. the Epi LP Standard Plus Top in Trans Blue
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:10:23 PM): wait...its gotta be a suprise of some sort, lol. I just needded to know certain specifics like pickups, etc...
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:10:31 PM): oh.. XD
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:10:32 PM):
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:10:34 PM): you cant pick, lol
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:10:41 PM): sorry hehe yeah i know.. XD
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:10:41 PM):
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:10:43 PM): umm..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:10:47 PM): pickups..?
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:10:49 PM): well..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:11:00 PM): if you've seen the WB contest..
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:11:08 PM): I had a Les Paul replica and a Crate tube amp ripped off where I work, otherwise that would be perfect
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:11:10 PM): yes
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:11:22 PM): im winning it XD
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:11:24 PM): umm
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:11:26 PM): hehe
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:11:49 PM): so i was planning to just replace the guitar's stock pups with those babies
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:12:09 PM): but then i want to be smart about it too..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:12:22 PM): cuz if i were to put in on the Epi LP..
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:12:42 PM): Jason...this is nothing bro...I mean its a lot to you but...listen...someone did this for me a few years ago...this certain person has sent me over 10K in gear...now that is something! LOL
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:12:52 PM): it would kinda be wierd cuz it would be a $200+ pair of pickups in a $500 guitar XD
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:13:04 PM): that is indeed something!
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:13:13 PM): yes
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:13:27 PM): he is now a very dear friend
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:13:42 PM): awesome testimony
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:14:14 PM): I've read your posts though and I think you deserve it...it must be hell to look at all that stuff on the forum all the time, lol
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:14:26 PM): indeed
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:14:29 PM): lol
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:14:49 PM): thankfully.. ive become numb to the envy at some point
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:14:55 PM): right! lol
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:14:59 PM): ok listen...
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:15:07 PM): all ears..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:15:11 PM): and eyes XD
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:16:04 PM): I gotta make some food for me and my son. Remember...on October 1st or so, send your address. Dont bring it up on the forum. You can on or after your birthday if you want, thats up to you
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:16:28 PM): ok
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:16:34 PM): if ya don't mind i will
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:16:43 PM): not a prob, up to you
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:16:50 PM): thanks ^^
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:17:22 PM): your welcome. In a month, you'll be rockin'....have a good night Jason.
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:17:30 PM): alright.. go ahead now.. take care ayt fred? thanks again man.. it's certainly an awesome blessing..
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:17:44 PM): good night
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:17:48 PM): God's work in progress.....
rockinlespaul (9/20/2007 9:17:54 PM): good night
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:18:00 PM): indeed it is
Jason Alvarez (9/20/2007 9:18:05 PM): see ya



TRUE STORY people.. God is SO SUPER-DI-DUPER-OVER-THE-TOP-UNDER-THE -BOTTOM-GOODER-THAN-GOOD-BETTER-THAN-BEST AWESOME, isn't He?

XD

=)

denied.. x_X

ok here we go.. XD

bio lab class and bio lec class today was good ^^ .. esp. the lab class we did a group thing (i was grouped with Megan (a diff. Megan from work and from the Megan from my ENC class.. haha dami Megan amp XD .. , Justin, and Caleb).. i got to hang out with Caleb a lot today cuz we had to do work for the lab activity we had after class.. so me, him, and Justin (Megan couldn't go anymore) went to the Library and finished work there.. i also had lunch with Caleb, and spoke to him after the lecture class.. (caleb and bobby [from eng class] are probably the 2 closest friends {if ever close XD ..} that i have now).. hehe i know it doesn't sound like much but for me it's a wee. XD

ok here's the bummer of the day.. before the bummer XD, i went to an academic advisor to discuss my courses for the next semesters (for this, i'll make another post on it.. maybe tomorrow.. magulo pa e.. im trying to fix it out and im going to see Mr. Turner [the advisor i spoke with today] again tomorrow just to iron things out.. ill keep you guys posted.. ;) ..)

after that, i went down to one stop ask some other things that Mr. Turner couldn't help me out with.. 1st of all, ung Merit Scholarships (note this mom and dad), i cannot apply for any more.. if ya remember, this is the scholarship that required an essay on november.. but it turns out this is for INCOMING freshman.. e freshman na aq e.. XD .. so yeah.. too late for that..

i can apply for scholarships though in the future when ive declared a major already cuz once ive declared a major, i can apply for scholarships at the college where that major is concentrated (e.g. Biology Major = Dept. of Biology = College of Health = i can apply for scholarships that the CoH give out..) (mom, dad, check out this page http://www.unf.edu/finaid/scholarships/ .. the merit scholarhips page that tita norie saw is under the link Freshman.. i cant get that anymore but i CAN get the ones from the link below it Undergraduate.. check it out)

but wait!~ that's not tTHE bummer yet XD though it is A bummer XD

i called Lois Scott from the Dept. of Music about that job i got an email for the other day.. i got to talk to her at noon, right before i was going to talk to an Academic Adviser, and we scheduled an interview at 3:15 this afternoon.. she required that i bring a printed form of the letter of approval for college work study.. in other words, the amount that i can work for granted to me by the college work study program (CWSP).. i didnt quite know what this was when i talked to her so i said ill go to one stop and ask them about it there..

when i got to one stop, they told me that i wasn't approved any amount for college work study.. x_X .. in other words, i can't get the job XD .. akala ku kc, i can apply for the job as long as im ELIGIBLE for the CWSP.. un pala i had to be GRANTED the approval already, including the amount that i could work for, not just eligible..

in short, kung wala kayong nagets sa lahat ng sinabi kong un,

bye bye job.. XD

im now on standby again.. hoping ill get another call soon..

that's all for now.. my brain hurts.. im hungry.. ill catch ya guys later..

see ya

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

weeeee ^-^

some updates since the last post =D

so as you guys know, i lost my job XD .. so ive made a couple of applications in the past few days, ADDITIONAL to the ones that i already made before.. ive applied to all the jobs i can apply to, and right now im just on standby.. that other job that i got a call from 2 weeks ago still hasn't called me back since i followed it up last week..

BUT.. =>

i just checked my email and i already got a reply from the music dept. (which was one of the jobs i applied for this week) .. hehe so that's gud news #1 ^^ .. it's just a minimum wage job pero that's fine ^^ .. the job description says..

" Assist office secretary with answering incoming calls and routing accordingly, filing paperwork, light typing, running errands and other duties as assigned."

i'm going to consult cla tita jinky and ask if i should go ahead and pursue this job OR just wait for more callbacks.. i'll keep ya guys posted on the developments in the later days ;)

good news #2 .. i aced my psych exam!!!! yay!!!! XD .. weeee saya2 ^^ thank u Lord ^^

it was a 50 item, multiple choice test.. there was 2 forms of the test, test form A and test form C.. i got a C test form.. in my psych class today, the scantron sheets (test answer sheets) were given back to us today so we can check it.. we were all in suspense waiting for our name to be called, only to see no markings on the scantron except a green check (which meant that it was already scanned by a computer) .. when all the sheets were passed out, he gave us the correct answers to the questions so we could check it.. i counted 47 correct answers.. 3 mistakes.. already i was happy ^^

but he went on to say that there's 2 bonus questions for each test form.. for test C, it was #4 and #50 .. well what do ya know! those were two of the three mistakes i made! XD .. so my score jumped from 47 to 49.. what a joy =)

but THEN, he still goes on to explain that the base for curving the scores was 49.. ONLY 1 PERSON IN THE WHOLE CLASS GOT A PERFECT 50.. guess who it was? the guy i always sit next to.. my psych class filipino friend Mel! .. he got a perfect 50! (yeah! rock! wee! go pinoy power! haha XD ..) his scores percentage was 102, 2 points higher than the highest which is 100 XD .. aside from me there were 2 other people who got 49, and since 3 people is more than 1, 49 was made the base score, not Mel's 50 (hayup kc un e haha XD ..)

in other words, i got a 49/49 which is 100! yay!!!!!!!! XD .. (and Mel got a 50/49 XD .. @_@ over the top amp XD ..)

for the rest of the semester there's gonna be 4 more exams like this.. a total of 5.. if i take all 5 exams, i do not have to take the final.. the final becomes optional.. (so obviously, ill try my best to take all 5 para di ku na kelangan mag final exam where studying for it is most difficult thus the chance that i make a mistake is higher) ..

hopefully, i'll be able to keep my future exam scores above 90, or even more hopefully, above 95, tpos i can do extra credit work to give me +3 to the final grade and hopefully, it'll add up in the end to 100.. sana.. hihi =D

hmm.. anu pa ba.. :-/

ive been working on a new song lately sa guitar.. it's called For My Father by Andy Mckee.. check it out on youtube if ya want.. ^^ .. maybe when i have the time, i'll take a vid of myself playing it.. :>

nyweiz, i guess that's all for now.. take care ya'll ^^

god bless =)


Saturday, September 15, 2007

relieved of my services =[

ok before i start lemme say..

HAPPY BIRTDHAY DAD! =)

he turns *tooooooot* years old today.. XD .. secret na un XD

nyweiz ,game time.. hahaha XD




time to look for another job XD

ok lemme clear it out a bit.. they didn't actually "fire" me.. it's just that they're cutting down hours like hell and it just so happened to be that they didn't give me any of what was left XD

ndi aku maxado nagulat kc napansin ku pa-isa-isang nawala mga iba kong ka-work.. when i'd see them around campus, i'd ask, "hey ____, i haven't seen ya at work recently.." .. and they'd say that they got let go lrdy.. =|

this is the thing.. i can tell the bookstore peeps that they can call me when they need help again.. i wouldn't need to apply again or anything like that; they'd just give me a call and ill work for em.. kaso that's most likely gonna be around the next semester already cuz the bookstore starts getting busy again around that time.. (kumbaga the nearer it is to the start/end of a sem, the busier the bookstore is.. i don't wanna be idle / without work for that long, so ima look for a new job lrdy..

today made me realize how unstable the job was.. the hours aren't constant.. the busyness is seasonal.. it all leads up to the realization that it's time to get another job.. =D

i really liked the perks though.. it was located centrally on campus such it's near to all the buildings where i have classes.. i got a discount on my textbooks.. i had a locker, a fridge, and a microwave to use.. and the people were nice.. it was a way for me to meet people, etc..

what was a bumemr about the job though that the labor didn't feel so minimum wage worthy.. it felt at sometimes that we deserved better pay.. pero i guess minimum wage pa rin cuz of perks like the discounts, etc..

so yeah, in a way it's a bummer.. =| .. pero it's fine i guess.. maybe there's a better job out there waiting for me =D

i'm re-checking the online applications that ive made over the summer for other jobs on campus.. i got 2 callbacks in the past couple of weeks pero tinanggian ku ung isa (cuz i didn't know that the job at the bookstore was gonna become like this =D ..) tpos ung isa, which i got a call from last week, tinawagan ku na today..

for sure, my next job HAS to be on campus.. maxado mahirap kung susunduin pa aku from skul tpos ihahatid sa work tpos susunduin pa uli.. for this first year, until i get to drive, i really need my job to be on-campus para mas madali not just for me but for tita jinky and tito joel as well..

im hoping that watever that next job will be, sana mas mataas sweldo XD (tipong $7/hour which is better that $6.67/hour.. =D .. sana hihi XD ..) or at least less tiring, while still retaining that schedule flexibility that the bookstore job had.. i also hope na i would be provided a fridge and microwave to use.. (which is really important cuz de-baon aku araw2 .. i never buy my food @ skul.. )

i pray that God will give me His favor again for the next job and i hope i get it soon.. =)

pray that i do get it soon and that it'll be the one God wants for me =D

that's all for now.. take care ya'll! =)

cheerio! ^^


XD

Thursday, September 13, 2007

one after the other O_O

screw up after screw up after screw up... XD sigh

my classes today were fine.. everything else sucked =)) haha XD

first of all, i forgot my fone sa bahay.. SUPER IMPORTANTE.. my fone is my way of contacting tita jinky and tito joel para masundo ako.. it is also my watch, thus im not aware of time without it cuz there are hardly any clocks around campus and in the library (wierdly).. =|

so at the end of my last class, my problem was contacting tita jinky/tito joel para masundo aq.. i went to the bookstore to use a fone there..

thing was, i forgot their numbers @_@ .. XD .. i remembered the last four of each of their numbers (which is 0440 for tito joel's no. tpos 4004 for tita jinky's no.) .. the first three numbers turned out to be 993 for both of their nimbers but i found that out the hard way.. XD

for some reason what was atop my head was 961.. i tried 961, 951, 931, 963.. mali lahat XD .. so pnta aq sa pinakamalapit na pc na magamit ku which was at the student service center across the bookstore.. i emailed tita jinky for her to reply to me her number or tito joel's para matawagan ku cla..

so after sending the email, naglakad n lng aq papuntang lot 7, not knowing if tito joel was gna be there or not.. of course this wouldn't be so much of a story if he was there, would it? XD .. malamang la xa dun.. XD .. balik aq dun sa student service center para magamit ulit ung pc to check if nagreply c tita jinky.. with how the story's going so far im pretty sure you knw wat happened.. wlang reply malamang XD .. i was later to find out that she was at a meeting.. i went to one of the people dun sa center to ask if i could use one of their fones para mas malapit and para ndi ku pa kelangan bumalik sa bookstore para gamitin fone nila dun.. i was pointed to a fone outside..... nearer the bookstore.. (wara wala rin XD ..)

i try calling agen.. tried different numbers.. all wrong XD

so balik aq sa pc to once again check the email... wla pa ring reply.. @_@

at this point, i feel all odds are against me.. but THANKFULLY, and FINALLY, i think of checking the professional references document i submitted for some job applications online.. sure enuf, tita jinky's number was there.. =D (first sign of light XD ..)

i call the number, nobody picks up.. i try calling 993-0440 which would be tito joel's number.. la din sumagot.. i call tita jinky's number agen and finally she picks up! =D .. but she's in a meeting (wenk wenk wenk..) and she tells me to call tito joel agen.. i try calling tito joel's number a couple of times and finally he picks up.. from the other line, it seemed like something was going on and that he was really busy.. at the end of that SUPER QUICK conversation, i hear, "i can pick you up in 15 minutes.." then we say bye..

feeling that all my problems are over, i go to lot 7, sit at the bench where i ALWAYS sit, and wait... i decide to read while i wait para medyo mapabilis ung oras.. 15 minutes pass (or at least i felt like it was 15 mins.. [rmmber wla aq relo XD ..]) and wala pa rin xa.. i just keep reading and i then realize that probably 30 mins has already passed.. i tell myself, "ok i'll just keep on reading my book and stay patient.." .. i keep reading..

of all days and of all times, ngaun pa aq nagutom amp.. XD .. so i think of buying a snack.. but guess what! i forgot my wallet too XD whahaha.. @_@ .. thankfully i had gum.. the gum saved me XD .. and though it was just gum, the sugar was enuf to at least stop the tummy-grumbling.. XD

i finish one module of my book and probably an hour passes by.. wala pa rin.. i go back to the fone to call tito joel.. i then find out that he said, "CALL me in 15 minutes.." .. warara XD

he then tells me na c tita jinky na ma magsusundo sakin.. i call tita jinky and tell her to pick me up.. she says she'll pick me up in an hour.. at least ngaun medyo mas pleasant ung paghintay ku kc nsa library aq naghintay.. aircon wee.. XD .. i decide to use the computer.. after i sat down and got a pc lrdy, i then decide to get a headset downstairs to listen to some music to soothe my senses.. so i log off from the computer and go downstairs.. half-way there i realize i need my i.d. to borrow a headset.. guess where it is! :> .. in my wallet which i forgot.. XD .. so i go back upstairs and get another computer..

after the hour, tita jinky picks me up..

i thought the chain of unfortunate events was over, but how could i forget!!!? it lacked a cherry on top.. XD .. tita jinky tells me that i left the iron (plantsa) on overnyt.. haaaay.. i coulda sworn i unplugged it.. SUPER TALAGA.. i remember it clearly.. yet supposedly i left it.. sigh.. XD

and so, that was my day.. XD .. highlight of the week.. XD

for the rest of the week (i hope nothing happens later in the week that can beat what happened today XD ..), tomorrow wala aq work.. my last class ends at 2.. i hope to get home early so i can do my chores and do more reading..

Exam 1 for my PSY class is on monday.. (that's why ive been reading so much lately =D ..) .. i hope monday won't be like it was today XD

anyway, i guess that's pretty much it.. till next tym ya'll ;)


fini





Sunday, September 9, 2007

tastes icky *o*

aryt, first of all, thanks everybody for your support in helping me out with that referral contest =D .. im currently in the lead! yay! ^^ .. but the contest goes on till october 20 so ive gotta keep it up.. but nonetheless thanks for the support =D (if you have no idea wat im talking about XD check the previous post ^^ ..)

lemme just post the link agen =D

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/index.php?referrerid=751

ok nuff said.. XD .. moving on to the updates.. XD

basically the past couple of days have been pretty good ^^ .. work has been A LOT LESS TIRING lately which is good ^^ .. in fact we've become that much less busy that my schedule for the next few weeks has changed agen.. ill tell you about that in just a second.. ;)

ryt now i wanna tell you about what happened nung thursday.. XD .. no biggie really, but i just thought i'd focus on this story cuz i couldnt think of any other title for the post more interesting that this XD

nung thursday, at work, tim, one of my co-workers, bought some of this new candy that we got that day to sell at the store.. it was a pack of jellybeans.. just seemed like any other jelly beans that you may have seen but these were a bit different.. sure there was the regular flavor like cherry, lemon, blueberry, etc etc.. but what was special about this pack of jelly beans was the extremely wierd flavor that also came with it.. XD

some of which were dirt, rotten egg, earthworm, black pepper, soap, vomit, ear wax.. etc . hahaha XD .. edi xmpre pinagkaguluhan sa back room XD .. it was real funny to see the reactions on other people's faces when they tried the wierd flavors XD .. i tried the dirt, then sabi ko, "hmm.. since i had dirt.. why don't i have earthworm as well XD .." so aun, i had earthworm too XD .. and man! they really did taste like dirt and earthworm! XD .. i wonder how they did it XD ..

the last one i had was vomit.. mr. keith had one before me peor ndi nya na-take.. he spat it out XD .. so i tried it.. XD .. i popped it in my mouth, and at the moment i chewed it, the flavor burst in my mouth XD .. lasang suka talaga haha XD .. after chewing it a couple of times (man i mustve looked funny XD ..) i forced it down and swallowed it.. XD

hehe.. so i gues that was the highlight of that day.. work was going real slow pa naman before that happened.. hehehe XD ..

nyweiz, the end on that XD ..

i have an essay due tomorrow.. i finished it last nyt.. it's for my ENC class.. it's a 1000-word essay tpos the topic was, "Would you say yes to $8M but you have to leave America for good..?" .. i gotta read it agen.. i don't remember very well how happy i was with what i wrote last night cuz it took me 3 hours to write it XD .. i rmmber thought that i was just really happy wen i finished it haha XD .. today, im just gonna do more reading on my stat, psych, and bio books.. =>

about my schedule, im only work 10 hours next week.. XD .. tuesday's shift and then saturday's shift.. XD .. im gna try to ask ms. darla though if i can have friday's shift as well para 15 hours aq per week and para naman maging matino paycheck ku XD .. (i got my paycheck by the way nung wednesday! weeeeeeee XD .. it was REALLY FAT.. fatter than last time XD .. =D ..)

the reason for this cutting down of hours is that supposedly this would get some of the other temps to quit (although a lot of them were already let go..) .. this is because the bookstore doesn't need as much help anymore since tapos na ung rush (i also got my reimbursement discount this week =D .. i dunno if i spelled reimbursement right XD ..)

thus ang mangyayari, ma-cucut down ung hours ng mga tao for the next few weeks.. and the the hours of those who're gna quite will get added to the employees who're staying.. thus eventually, it'll pick up din.. my hours will go back to 26 din eventually ;)

so aun.. that's all ^^

i hope ya'll are doing aryt =)

keep keepin in touch and takin' care always! ^^

Thursday, September 6, 2007

favor please ;D

hey guys! =)

ok lemme explain XD .. there's this forum i joined at www.mylespaul.com.. (mga pinag-gagagawa ku nga naman talaga o XD ..) .. there's a contest where us members of the forum try to get the most number of referrals by asking people to register and join the forum.. (don't worry there's no pay or anything like that ;) ..)

now what i ask from you guys is that you help me win it by simply registering to the forum.. NOTHING ELSE.. =D

simply click this link.. http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/index.php?referrerid=751 .. then on the left side of the page, you should see a link that says 'Register'.. click that, fill out the form, and poof! XD thanks thanks thanks ^^.. also, please make 5 posts to make it legit.. if it's too much to ask then forget it.. but i'd REALLY love you if you'd do so XD

when you register, after agreeing to forum terms / rules, a form will be on the next page for you to fill out.. on the lower part of the form, you should see "midnightdreamer" under 'Referrer' .. thaaaaat's meee XD =D .. if you don't see 'midnightdreamer' under 'Referrer', please type it in.. fill out the rest of the form and THAT's IT ... un lang un =D

i'd really appreciate it guys =) .. i don't know how hardcore these guys are at the forum pero i thought i'd try it out anyways.. for fun XD

thanks in advance ya'll! =)

norm.. [=

past 2 days have just been normal.. skul.. work.. skul.. work.. nothing really out of the ordinary.. i just noticed my site accumulating dust so i thought i'd brush it off and post for the sake of posting XD ..

nung monday nga pala, nung gabi, we watched a movie.. Resurrecting the Champ.. showing din ba 2 satin dyan? =D

today, i dont have my 8 am lab class for biology cuz it was labor day nung monday and there was supposed to be a lab class then - scheduled for a different section.. so since la cla klase nun, edi la na rin daw klase samen ^^ .. my 1st class is at 1:50 - bio lec.. tpos work.. probably gna be a normal day agen XD

but wait! it's not normal.. it's special.. here's why..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TITO JOEL!!! =)

hehehe ^^

nyweiz, i'd love to hear from you guys =)

howdy? XD

cheerio

Sunday, September 2, 2007

awesome! d=

yay! =) .. church was awesome today ^^ .. actually, it was really awesome too last week wen perry stone was the guest speaker.. nice tlga ^^

nyweiz, today after morning service, tito joel brought me to the guitar center! yay! thanks tito joel! =)

i bought my guitar new strings.. D'Adarrio EJ 17's to be specific ^^ .. put em on myself today.. ^^ they're pretty good so far ^^ .. also, i bought a dunlop care kit which had all thes polishes, waxes, oils, polish cloths etc.. =D .. 1 guitar polish / cleaner, 1 guitar body wax, 1 fretboard cleaner polish, 1 fretboard deep conditioning oil, and 1 string lubricant.. it also came with a micro something fret cleaner thingy and 2 polish cloths ^^ .. so when i changed the strnigs today, i gave it my guitar the works! i cleaned and oiled the fretboard, polished and waxed the body, etc etc.. it's very much restored ^^ .. about ung action problem, wala ung in-house guitar tech e.. so i wasnt really able to have it looked at.. pero i was still able to talk someone about it.. sabi nya it doesn't look like a major problem.. probably just the truss rod or at most, the nut or maybe the saddle.. if i have it serviced in the future, it'll be mga 40 bucks depending on the seriousness of the problem.. pero @ 40 bucks it ain't so bad ^^

also today at the guitar center, i got to try out the Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top.. and they had it in Trans Blue too! .. im convicted.. it is definitely the guitar im buying.. =D .. tito joel said if i can somehow manage a 4.0 GPA (woah! XD ..) he'll contribute to half of it (which will be $250! the guitar is 500 bucks) =D .. hehe ^^ ill try my best.. =D .. i really will =D

nyweiz that's pretty much it..

tomorrow is Labor Day Holiday which is a big holiday here.. therefore, la aq work, la aq pasok ^^ .. i dont really know the history of labor day pero i see it as "hey America! we work hard everyday and hardly get a break.. so here's a break!" or somehting like that XD

btw sorry havent been OL past few days.. friday kc i had to do the chores in the morning before skul.. saturday, work was at 9:45 so i had to start my day early agen so ndi ulit nka OL .. today nmn, church.. so aun.. ill go OL tmrw if tita jinky and tito joel dont plan to do anything XD ..

also btw, Kelanie, the p&w leader sa church, released her new cd today! ^^ .. im listening to it now =D .. pag na-transfer ku na d2 sa pc at pag na convert ku na to mp3, ipopost ku sa multiply ku ^^ .. so if ya wanna get an idea of what we sing here sa church d2, ther ya go ^^ ;)

that's all ya'll..

till next tym ;)


Friday, August 31, 2007

nothin' much ^_*

^_* <--- mikhang may black-eye noh? XD la lng.. XD

today i just had 2 classes, ENC and STAT.. sa ENC discussion lng bout ung mga errors of writing.. (you guys remember..? wordiness, etc..? =P ^^ ..) .. tpos sa STAT we had a quiz on frequency distribution, variables, etc.. SALAMAT Mr. MANALANG! daig mu mga prof ku sa stat d2! XD .. our stat class last year really helped ^^ .. in fact, i told mom n dad to see if they can find my old stat ntbk para i-send nila sakin =D

after classes, work.. same same.. as i said, nothing much nga XD =D

bukas i just have work 9:45 - 4:30 .. tpos monday, no classes, no work.. ^^ .. Labor Day Holiday.. yay XD =D

that's all for now.. ;)

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

yesterday, today, and tomorrow... :)

i tried dad, but it just takes me too long making the posts proper nd all.. i tried but it just wasn't working out tska mahirap lalo n kpag naghahalo na ung tagalog and english.. =D .. dont wori about it.. it doesn't affect my writing wen it comes to my college writing class and doing serious / formal writing.. ;) .. in fact, i just wrote an essay today in class as a writing assessment test.. and i wasn't really struggling in anyway or whatever ;) .. so aun.. forgive me for continuing on posting in this manner =D

nyweiz ya'll before i continue, i just wanna make a greeting =D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASPER!!! ;)

solid dabarkadz pa rin ha XD

nuff said.. XD

yesterday was tuesday, which is the day where i only have one class, my Biology Lecture class with Prof. Michael Lentz.. basically it was nice ^^ .. he seems to be a really nice professor.. ung tipong very patient and passionate about what he's doing.. ^^ .. i think it's gna be a great class ^^ ..umm i met Kristina and Dave.. they're nice naman ^^ .. la nmn maxado ginawa.. since 1st meeting namin un, just like the other classes, we discussed the syllabus, etc etc.. at the end though, we had a pretest thing.. which we used to call 'diagnostic tests' in high school.. (ah yes.. the good ol' days.. XD ..)

interlude... =D .. i meet a lot of people as i kinda said before.. lyk today i met Danielle at my stat class for example.. ^^ .. tpos other people ive met (some i have mentioned before, some i havent =D ..) Bobby, Kenneth, Mel, Amanda, Kristina, Dave, etc etc.. either from work or from one of my classes.. there's a lot.. i can name more.. but basically my point is that my social life is not as bad as you guys may think XD .. in fact it's actually pretty good, especially sa work =D .. i love workin with the people i work with.. ^^ .. i've kinda become part of their family in a way which is nice.. ^^ .. so agen.. back to the point.. my social life is doing fine ^^ .. it's just that the other day i just kinda spoke too soon (read the last 4-5 paragraphs of my last post =D ..) cuz i just really miss having a friend i can hang out with freely and go to anytym =D .. today kc i kinda realized how im doing fairly well compared to the other people i see who are on their own and just on the same road as i am.. today, wen i realized how i do not have any class where i don't have anyone to talk to, and wen i realized how awesome the people are at work, i realized how i shouldnt have ever complained about it.. it's going good now and i can only expect it to become better =D

nyweiz.. XD .. that was pretty much my day yesterday =D .. today, the sked was the same as nung monday.. sa english class ku, we had a writing assessment test where we were made to write an essay about the story that was written on the paper.. after dis, 1 hour break so i went to the library.. after this, i went to the bookstore and yay! free pizza XD .. after the break, it was my stat class which was ok naman.. un nga i met danielle and sat with her and bobby.. the only bummer was ung prof nga as i talked about before.. pero today i learned that it's not just her difficulty in speaking english that's a bummer, but even how she explains stuf.. i mean yeah na gets ku naman (buti na lng) pero un nga.. the way she discussed the lessons just wasn't so great.. =|

after the class, break ulit.. basically library lng.. tpos kain ulit.. XD .. i explored the 3rd and 4th floors of the library.. GRABE ANDAMING BOOKS... nakaka-lula.. parang feeling mu mawawala ka if u go thru the shelves.. andami kc XD

after the break was the psych class which was good naman.. Mr. Chamblin's good ^^ .. actually lahat naman cla (mr. lentz, mr. chamblin, and mr. francis) is good except nga c dr. sen sa stat class ku =D .. the discussion was good and the lessons were ok pero un lng.. u really have to focus for you to get everything.. if your mind flies away even just for a while, medyo nkaka-wala.. so aun.. pero ok nmn ^^

after class, straight to work.. after work.. the end XD

tomorrow 7:30 ng umaga hanggang 7:30 ng gabi aq sa skul cuz ang aga nung biology lab class tapos work ku is hanggang 7:30..

it's gna be quite a day tomorrow.. but ill keep ya posted ^^ ;)

take care lagi guys! ^^ .. miss you ALL =)

;)

Monday, August 27, 2007

my 1st day of skul.. ^-^

alrighty! XD .. let's start XD

i left the house at 10 am and stopped by at the Christian store (Life Way) where i bought 2 shirts.. 1 red one that says: "Born to Worhip The Rock" and then the verse Psalm 95:1 saying, "Let us make a joyful noise to The Rock of our salvation, tpos may guitar sa background.. ^^ .. jangasness XD .. and then 1 white one that says : "I am called" and then a smaller text listing: .. 'to be empowered, to fight, to praise, ..." etc, and then may abstract design na parang ung penshoppe-ish type just to give u an idea =D .. ^^ .. jangasness XD .. i also bought a rubber bracelet (parang baller) na may WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do?) na nakalagay ^^ .. jangasness ulit XD .. all this totalled $36 which is not bad for two shirts and a rubber bracelet ^^

after that, Tito Joel brought me to skul na..

so there i went.. XD

you may not realize it, but a whole new chapter in my life just started as soon as i stepped out of the car.. nkaka-wow kng icpn XD =D .. nuff said.. XD

i got there mga 10:30 with an ample amount of time to make it to my 1st class.. i made my way to the bookstore to drop off my lunch and check the shelf for my ENC class in case the books just got recieved last minute.. as i expected...... it wasn't there XD .. so after i left my lunch there, i went to Ms.Darla to ask here if i can get a locker =S

i was kinda worried kc i was told that you have to be a NON-TEMP employee to get a locker.. =S .. pero xmpre, because Ms. Darla is SOOOOOOOOOOOO nice to me (=D ..) pumayag xa.. at hindi lng un... she gave me HER locker!!! THANKS AGAIN MS. DARLA!!! ^^ .. she rocks!!! XD =D .. awesomeness! XD .. that makes me feel sooooo great btw cuz that kinda tells me that they intend to keep me there =) .. im not sure if ive explained this before but ill explain anyhow.. XD

at RUSH kc (which is the period of time encompassing the first few weeks before and after the 1st few days of skul), the bookstore hires 40 TEMPS .. TEMPS ha.. not PERMANENT employees.. in other words, they hire so many temps pag RUSH cuz they neeed the help..

working for the past couple of weeks, i'd sometimes overhear cla john, pam, jamie, danielle, brad, ms. courtney, etc (the people who've been at the bookstore for a long time lrdy) talk about who of the temps they'd want to "keep" working @ d bookstore.. so wen i overheard this, i found out that it's actually possible that they 'let me go' (aka fire me =S ..) after RUSH .. but thanks to God's favor, my hard work has definitely paid off.. ^^ .. let's just say i think they'll keep me.. ^^ .. which would be TOTALLY AWESOME esp. for this 1st year cuz being that i can't drive yet and it would be easier not just for me but for cla tito joel and tita jinky too since they dont have to pick me up after skul to bring me to work in a different place... (noting that my job @ d bookstore is on-campus) =D

nyweiz... XD .. after that whole episode at the bookstore, i made my way to find where my 1st class was gonna be.. ENC 1101 .. it was @ building 39, rm. 2039 .. wen i got there there were already a couple of students there waiting.. the classroom is small.. cguro mga 20-25 lng kmi dun sa class.. it turns out that we did have a prof lrdy (i explained kc in the last post na i felt that nothing would happen sa class na 2 kc la pang announced na prof XD .. abviously i thought wrong XD ..) .. his name is Wayne Francis.. ..

wen class started, he handed out a course syllabus.. we discussed it a bit and ung mga requirements for the class (a few of which was 4-1000 word essays, 2-1000 word in-class essays XD .. beat that XD ..,) tpos may quiz na kaagad sa wednesday (topic is ung syllabus XD ..).. we did an activity where we got a\ partner and asked each other's name and then u hav to introduce him/her to the class, (not the usual introduce urself to the class thing..) .. tpos later in the class, Mr. Francis showed us a video on Youtube XD about how the Ms. Teen USA South Carolina contestant answered the question that was asked to her in the pageant.. we discussed this.. etc etc.. mainly the point is that the class' purpose is to develop critical thinking.. the whole writing part about it is just the application and expression of that critical thinking..

this class looks like it's gna be an OK class ;) ^^ .. it has its seriousness to it, but it has its intimacy to it (kc small class) and u can kinda feel its potential to be a fun class ^^

after this, 1 hour break.. i went to d bookstore, got my lunch, prepared my lunch, and ate my lunch XD .. i was having trouble finding a table XD .. so i just ended up asking someone if i can sit where he was.. his name was kenneth.. ^^ .. nyweiz, after that, i got my books from my brand new locker ( ^^ ) and went to the library to explore and see what's there ^^ .. the library has 4 floors (bengga XD ..) .. it has books of course, a lot of computers, a media library, cd players, solitary desks (aka a desk with walls so you can't be disturbed XD ..), a starbucks! , etc.. XD .. in short, THE WORKS .. niceness XD ^^ (forgive all the "ness" words 2day btw XD ..)

so during this break, i used one of the computer there a bit (w/ SUPER BILIS internet btw :> ..) .. i even made a post on my multiply guestbook and blog cbox while i was there XD .. it just felt so freedom-ish XD .. so aun.. it's cool ^^ .. i can do my internet stuff ther wen im bored.. XD

after this, i went on to my STA class.. here i sat with Bobby, who also goes to my ENC class as well.. the instructor's an Indian (not to be racist but just to note her difficulty in speaking english =S .. which myt be a bit of a prob come lecture tym =S ..) .. her name is Pali Sen.. the room is a huge place (i think it can seat about 100 students.. @_@ ..).. so un.. =D

2 bummers was 1. ung her being not so well an english speaker, and 2. the bummer that we all bought ung package sa bookstore na sobrang kapal na may study guide and lecture cd asyd from the book tpos un pala, ung book lng required nya.. wamp.. XD

ung sa english speaking nya, nkaka-awang nakakatawa nga nun e XD cuz there were just some times where she'd say something that wouldn't make much sense pero gets p rin namin XD .. bsta.. XD .. di ku ma-explain .. XD .. even the simplest and normalest (forgive the coined word XD ..) phrases would become funny XD .. ewan q ba.. XD .. bsta comedy XD .. pero i think it's gna be an ok class.. ^^ .. we actually tackled some stuf today that we tackled sa stat natin nung 4th yr.. ung mga population, sample, qualitative, quantitative, discrete, continuous, etc..

nyweiz after this class, break ulit.. i hanged out ulit sa library, re-wrote the notes i made kc super messy nd pangit sulat (4 na buwan ba namang ndi nagsusulat XD ..), tpos used the computer agen =D

aftr that, i passed by the bookstore to load off my heavy heavy stat stuf XD, got my psych book, then went to my PSY class.. i sat next to a filipino guy hehe.. ^^ so aun we talked a bit.. ^^ .. he's a sophie.. a member of the Pre-Med Society (which i myt join if the Lord convicts me to going into med skul ^^ ..) .. his name is Mel ^^ .. hehe pinoy-ness XD ..

nyweiz, the instructor of the class is Minor Chamblin .. he discussed the course syllabus, grading system etc, (i wont explain that anymore since sobrang haba na XD .. maybe next tym ;) ..), etc etc .. he had a power point presentation and evrything.. which was nice ^^ .. it seems like he's very serious bout his teaching.. so yeah.. i think it's gna be an OK class too ^^ ..

at some point in the class, Mr. Chamblin was talking about this guy who cursed his prof saying "No you stupid s** o* a b***h" cuz he thought differently than the prof.. pero the thing is, ung prof liked him so much cuz he thought critically and had his own views and perspectives (though he was too 'in your face' about it XD ..) .. again (like sa ENC class ku) the point was critical thinking which is going to be a focus of the class.. la lng.. XD .. i just cant forget how he said the word b***h like he did.. XD .. solid e XD

nyweiz, this class ended early, mga 3:50 instead of 4:15 .. so i made my way to the bookstore to drop off my stuf and maybe just hang out a library till 4:30 for work.. pero wen i got there, i askd if i can clock in early, and since they were being so smothered with people XD, pumayag cla hehe ^^ .. kht 30 mins early aq mag clock-in XD

so aun.. then basically, it was just work till 7:30 .. =D

and THAT was MY 1st day of school .. the 1st page of this new chapter in my life.. College.

XD

hmm lemme make some views on some stuf..

it is SO different here.. iba lng tlga ung feel sobra.. ung feeling of independecy, and ung feeling of kanya-kanya ness.. you see people in pairs, only a few in groups of 3 or more, tpos so many just on their own which makes me feel that im not alone being alone.. which is y i was hardly nervous going into today despite feeling a bit excited and nervous in the past days of anticipation (na ndi din naman maxado ganun ka-major cuz thanks to work, i was there evryday anyway)..

college here is not like high school or even college sa pinas where may mga block at least whom you have the same sked w/ @ least for the sem.. d2 iba e.. kanya kanyang sked.. there would only be a handful or even less of people who goes to more than 1 same class as you.. you get the feeling din na evrybody has their own business.. may kanya-kanya clang lakad besides class..

the whole friends thing, it seems like it's not gonna be as automatic finding friends whom i could be as close with as im close to you guys. i mean, yeah sure i socialize w/ people nd all that, sa class, sa work, i talk to whoever etc etc, i sat w/ some1 at lunch, was with @ least one person in each class i had today, pero i haven't gotten anybody whom i can hang out with freely u knw wat i mean..? i mean dyan kc, i knw u guys have blocks nd all which is why you can easily make a few friends quick and after just a few weeks or less, may grupo k na b4 u knw it..d2 kc parang there's that feeling na ndi kcng linaw mangyari un because of what i just explained above.. xenxa na i cant really explain it too well.. bsta ganun nga..

on the other hand of this whole friend situation, im at peace about it cuz i know that God will assign friends to me.. ^^ .. pero till then, i just gotta wait.. know im kinda expecting things too fast.. i knw my friends will come.. pero that's just how it kinda feels ryt now.. then agen, we'll see.. ;)

dont wori bout it ya'll.. specially mom n dad.. cguro nga i just miss having the companionship and security of having a friend i can just go to anytym, u knw wat i mean..? i mean, it's been 2 months nd it kinda kicks in once in a while .. =| .. but im fine ^^

i know it's all gna be good ^^ .. i know im in God's favor =)

nyweiz ya'll i gotta go.. super haba na n2 amp XD .. 2 hours na aqng nagcocompose amp XD .. i gotta rest na.. till next tym guys..

miss you all..

Sunday, August 26, 2007

tomorrow's the big day! =S

oh boy..! @_@ =S XD =D ^^

tomorrow's the 1st day of skul! my 1st day of college!!! waaaaaaaa XD

man, it's a mixed up feeling of nervousness, anxiety, and excitement XD

i hope n pray that tomorrow and this whole 1st week of skul will turn out great.. sana talaga =D .. pray for me plz =D

i just got my things ready, read the course syllabi for my BSC and PSY classes (la pa kc ung sa STA- statistics tska ENC- english/college writing) , and im all set! .. here i go!!! *_* XD =D

i have a wierd feeling na walang mangyayari on my 1st class tomorrow (which is ENC) .. ndi pa kc announced ung instructor / prof for this class tska ndi din pa nakakarecieve ng information ung bookstore on what books the professor (whoever he/she is XD ..) requires for the class.. @_@ .. so aun.. feeling ku lng naman.. then agen, malay ku dba? XD

i haven't told you guys how my work sked is gna be though i knew it already since nung wednesday pa =D .. that's cuz i wanted to talk to ms. darla and ask if i can cancel the morning shift for my tuesdays (i believe is told u guys bout this na in a previous post =D ..) .. i got to talk to her the other day and pumayag nmn xa.. yay! ^^ XD .. thanks ms. darla!!! =)

so my schedule for work is gonna be like this.. :

MONDAY:
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm

TUESDAY:
3:30 pm - 7:30 pm

WEDNESDAY:
4:30 pm - 7:30 pm

THURSDAY:
3:30 pm - 7:30 pm

FRIDAY:
2:15 pm - 7:00 pm

SATURDAY:
9:45 am - 4:30 pm

that tuesday morning shift i canceled was supposed to be 8:00 am - 12:00 nn .. i didn't feel so good about it, cuz i don't want to have to jump from work to class then back to work.. @_@ .. i wanted to leave that time free for me to do whatever stuf i need to do in the morning.. (hw's study time etc.. i may even decide to make it a standard day in the week for me to exercise.. we'll see.. =D ..)

every saturday, the bookstore is open from 10 to 4 pero ang nakalagay is 9:45 - 4:30 cuz it takes about 15 mins to open the store and can max up to 30 mins to close the store.. la lng.. just thought i'd mention =D

hmmm.. nu pa ba..? :-/

i guess that's pretty much it =D

ill keep you guys posted on what happens this week.. ;)

pray for me guys =D .. ya'll continue to take care and keep in touch.. starting tomorrow, not only you guys will be busy but me as well.. but despite the busyness, keep in touch pa rin ha =D

god bless ya'll .. ^^ ..
miss ya'll .. ^^ ..
bye ya'll .. ^^ ..

;)




The Creator