Start of something new... tomorrow.

Yes guys, that's right. It's not about the love life, but the life itself. Let's conquer this schooooooool! :)

Isang Tula para sa aking Pilipinas...

Ngayon lang ulit ako nabuhayan sa pagsulat dito. Para sa mga tunay na Pilipino, maligayang 111th taon ng ating kalayaan! MABUHAY ANG MGA PILIPINO! MABUHAY ANG PILIPINAS! Sa araw na ito, isang tula ang aking handog para sa aking bayan. Nawa'y maibigan ninyo at kung ano man ang inyong maisip, maging malaya sa pagbibigay kumento. Maraming salamat at mabuhay kayong lahat!

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Maligayang Kaarawan, Lupang Sinilangan
Alfonso Orioste, Jr. (Copyrighted 2009)

Tayo ba ay tunay nang malaya?
Baka mga trapo… Sila pa rin ang malaya
Tayo ba ay tunay nang malaya?
Mga bata’t matatanda sa kalye, walang umaalala

Ngunit…

Ano pa man ang sabihin nila,
Hirap at pagod ay ‘di nakakataranta
‘Pagkat sa mata ni Juan laging may pag-asa
Idadaan na lang sa hagikgik at pagtawa

Galing nating Pinoy ‘di pa rin maikakaila
Lahat ng makabago sa atin noo’y nagmula
Unibersidad, banko at nakakaaliw na mga pista
Hanggang sa pagpapaalis ng mga lahing banyaga

Ating ipagmalaki, dugo’t pawis ng ating mga bayani
Magmula kay Rizal, Luna, Bonifacio’t Mabini
Ating pamarisan, pag-iisip nilang nakakabighani
Kabataan din sila noong sila’y nagwagi

Tayong lahat ay may angking galing at talino
Sa ating bayan nawa’y makapagbigay serbisyo
Ipagmalaki ang potensyal ng mga Pilipino
Titingalain din tayo ng buong mundo

Oo, malaya, tayo nga ay malaya na
Sinisikap maging malaya sa banyaga at higit na sa pulitika
Noo ay itaas kasabay ng bandila
Ating kalayaan ay huwag nang mabaliwala

Mahal na mahal ko ang aking bayan
Lalung-lalo na ang mga kabataan
Hinding-hindi ka namin tatalikuran,

Maligayang Kaarawan, Lupang Sinilangan.

El Dia E (video teaser)

This is a short video, a teaser shown in Instituto Cervantes center which includes teachers, students as well as the security guard, my katukayo, kuya allan (he can really communicate in Spanish, so don't dare him, he's like level 10 already HAHA) to promote the upcoming El Dia E, (Dia del Español) literally translated as “Spanish Day”, on the 20th of June. Wait for me around the 0:33-0:34 mark. HAHA!
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At the end it says, ¿Cual es tu palabra favorita?, meaning, “what is your favorite word(in Spanish?)”
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Hey, this was also shown in TELEDIARIO in Spain. Hurray! I was seen in Spain! HAHAHA!

¡Que Nivel! means, "how posh!" in english , and in tagalog, "ang susyal!" Cool 'di ba? Gamitin ninyo na rin ito! :) See you there!

The Aftermath

Hey guys, how are you all doing? :)

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Belated happy Easter to all of you, hope you had fun wherever you stayed. :) As for me and my clan / neighbors, we had the chance to indulge on an olympic-sized pool inside the Pook ni Maria Makiling facility. :) It was really fun to bond with other members of the clan. It was also nice to see Manila free from heavy gridlock with no people on the street (except for devotees) just like a day with Manny Pacquiao inside the ring. :)

Some devotees on their way to Plaza Miranda, Quiapo Church.

Whoa, is this a freeway? HAHA!

With some of my cousins :)

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It only took us barely an hour to get to Los Banos, Laguna, which usually takes us around an hour and a half to two hours. HAHA. Then it was time to swim! :) It was like living a life of a full-pledged BATUGAN = eat - sleep - play - eat - sleep - play. HAHA.

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Swimming night and day is the best. :)

Group picture before going back to Manila.

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Thank God for that wonderful time with my family and other relatives :) Now, back to normal routine. :)

Still alive... and kicking?

Just to let you know, (to those people who are following this blog: I think there are 5 of them HAHA) I'm still alive. Kaya hindi ako nakakapag-blog, mga kapatid, dahil namayapa na ang aking butihing laptop noong Marso 8, 2009, ganap na ika-2 ng hapon: sa kadahilanang nasukahan ito ng aking pinsan na kaiinom lamang ng kanyang gatas. :( :( :(

We went to AsusWorld immediately hoping for the best. The technician tried his best to revive my laptop, but since the human puke's acidic, it corroded the whole motherboard circuit, keyboard and the LCD screen as well: in other words, wala nang natirang matino sa laptop ko, 'yung case nalang. HAHA. :( Kung papalitan lahat, parang bumili na daw ako ng isang bagong laptop. Grabe, kamusta naman 'yun? (P30+K) Sige, salamat nalang.

But, thank God, the only thing that I'm after, after all is the hard disk which contains my treasure. Whew. Consolation prize ika nga.

Well, I have no choice but to think that events like this opens a new opportunity for me to look forward into owning a new one. HAHA. Good luck na lang sa akin.

RIP ASUS A8J. :(

Welcome MacBook?!?!

Regarding His perfect will...

It's official.

I guess I'm not really for this school.

Lord, I continue to succumb to your will.

Park Singing Challenge

Hello! Just got addicted listening to Jason Mraz's latest song, or maybe not, 'Make It Mine'; therefore decided to learn it and make a cover of it. :) I think I played it on a higher key, and I regret it. HAHA. As much as I would like to do justice with his song, I found it hard to sing in a park with people jugging around, and couples HHWW. :)

But anyway, this is it! :)

Whoo! I really struggled to finish the song, para 'di naman sayang 'yung effort. HAHA.