greens and blues

Makapag-post nga...

2006-07-06T15:37:00.000+10:00

I tried this online quiz today. Just having a break from the monotony of my task here at work. Ho-hummmm!!! Anyway, it seems Computer Engineering really was the way to go for me. Too bad I didn't get to make full use of it career-wise. Anyway, I'm happy being a developer so it's not really that big a deal. (Schizo!)

Initially, it was a 6-way tie (see items with 75%). There was this tie-breaker question and I chose problem-solving as the one that appeals to me the most. Hehehe... perfect choice for a problem-maker. Hahahahaha!!!

Linguistics - maybe it's because sometimes (or almost always?), I talk too much... hahahaha! But seriously, I do love learning new languages or dialects. I have been trying to learn Mandarin (hopeless!) for a few months now. German is also a good one to learn although you kinda lose it when you don't get to speak it a lot.

Chemistry - now that's one nice subject. Qualitative analysis excluded. Hahahaha. An ex from Mapua was taking up Chem Eng'g that time when we were still dating... (Hmmm... I wonder where she is now. Probably married with kids. Ho-well!)

Philosopy - just one reason i can think of. I'm a full-blooded, hard-core "PILOSOPO". (Corny!!!) But it's true... (Aapila pa!!!)

Journalism - cause I love being in the mainstream of events. In other words, I love "chismis." Hahahahaha!

Ammmmfff for the inclusion of Psychology as my major!!! I took Psychology 101 for four terms. Got dropped before midterms on the first three due to absences (excuse: The Psychology classes I got enrolled in were always held at the Main building. Engineering courses were housed at the Yupangco Bldg... and oh yeah, one of the first three happened to be at 8am. I thought it was 8pm when I enrolled. Lol!). Finally, I was able to pass the subject by attending class religiously. Got a 1.5 for it, too. Hehehe. Don't ask me why. I wouldn't know... :D

You scored as Engineering. You should be an Engineering major!

Linguistics

75%

Chemistry

75%

Philosophy

75%

Engineering

75%

Journalism

75%

Psychology

75%

Theater

67%

Mathematics

58%

English

58%

Dance

58%

Sociology

50%

Biology

50%

Art

50%

Anthropology

33%

What is your Perfect Major?
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personal dna test from chogi

2006-06-26T15:35:00.000+10:00

eto naman daw yung chart
My Personal Dna Report

may map dapat na kasama... kaso di ko makabit. check nyo na lang yung site sa link above.

edrik's character study by bes fren manny

2006-06-21T17:30:00.000+10:00

dyaran!!! ni-publish na po ni bes fren manuel ang kontrobersyal na character study ko. yun lang mejo A you're adorable B you're so beautiful ang approach na ginamit niya.

pero shempre dapat mag-thank you ako kay bes. salamat sa effort at sa mga subtle na papuri (o pambabalahura, depends on how you perceive things).

ang link? basta andun yun sa http://taga-ilog-special.blogspot.com. pakihanap na lang kung saang article yung edrikinetix...

additional comments: late na tong announcement na ito by two or three weeks ata... kasi naman amfz EAC bakit ang hirap ng mga gustong ipagawa... naleleche na ako sa mga IND na ginawa ko para sa kanila. yung GL lang, it took us three weeks to complete kasama dev and testing. hayness ampness!!!

naknampating naman o!!!

2006-06-21T17:13:00.000+10:00

there's this short prayer that i found... seemed so fitting i decided to adopt it. set it up as my ym status... voila!!!

10 violent reactions in a span of 30 minutes. partida hindi pa kasali si bes fren manuel sa 10 persons na yan...

bawal talaga sa akin magpakabait... amfz!

PS - while doing this blog entry, i had to re-use the status so i can make a screen cap of it. additional 2 violent reactions. buti na lang busy ata si manuel...

welcum ko lang bes ko...

2006-05-31T16:43:00.000+10:00

imagine... almost two months of silence in this blog. not a single entry. i even failed to document my sydney stint. but i'm here now... ta-da!

i was out of the office yesterday so i wasn't able to read any of my yahoo IMs until early this morning. there's one from bes announcing his blog. went to the site and read it. how was it? so manny-ish. hehehe. tapos andun pa yung word of the year: "epiphany". uber manny talaga.

sa mga sinabi niya, sa isang bagay lang ako magre-react. fuckless mo mukha mo!!! mas mauuna pa ako mawalan ng sex kesa sa iyo. hahahaha.

at bes, ok pa ako. actually, ok na ako. same old me na ulit ang makakausap mo. nyahahaha.

here's manny's link: http://taga-ilog-special.blogspot.com/

welcum natin si manny... fren ko yan. super fren. post mo character study ko ha?

eto pa isa... lolz (hanggang dito)

2006-04-10T10:53:00.000+10:00

heto na ang ulan
di man lang napaghandaan
balutin ng tatag itong damdamin ko

akala ko'y sapat
pag ibig na tapat
buong buhay
aking inalay sa iyo

pinili ka't ako'y nilisan din lang
huli na'ng aking malaman
ako pala'y iyong sasaktan

hanggang dito, hanggang dito na lang
ang kaya ng puso ko, di na kayang masaktan
maaari bang ako ay iwan na lang
sa ki'y mahirap man, hanggang dito na lang

o kay lakas ng ulan
di man lang napaghandaan
itong unos sa damdamin ko
akoy nasilaw
sikat ng araw
ngayo'y buong buhay ko'y
tila papanaw

gayunpaman ako'y lisanin mo na
ito'y aking kakayanin kahit wala ka na

wala naman ako'ng ibang nais
kungdi ang ibigin ka ng higit sa buhay ko
ngunit ang ibigin ka pala'y isang pagkakamali
hanggang dito...

... sa kin mahirap man, hanggang dito na lang

fitting...

2006-04-10T10:40:00.000+10:00

One Art

The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

- Elizabeth Bishop

all else fails...

2006-04-09T20:15:00.001+10:00

i can just see somebody's comment on this post. title pa lang pramis.

the truth is, i think too much. i perceive things in a whole different level and make uncanny deductions from what i see. some say it's a gift, i say it's a curse. because to me, everything has a reason. what i would give to be one of those people who are content with answers such as "wala lang" or lame excuses why things just can't be done. i question everything. because this is just the way i am. and the way i am seems unfit for a for a long-term relationship when i feel like i am in one.

i don't always fall for someone, but i do... boy, do i fall. i keep feeling that every time i think i have found my "THE ONE" only to find out it's the wrong one. and this is time is no different. probably the worst tho'.

bitter? yeah, i am. but i intend to move on. it's the best i can do... pick up the pieces and move on.

nakaraos naman...

2006-04-09T20:15:00.000+10:00

how'd it go? no pictures. had lunch at our apartment. allan did all the cooking. twas great. better than andok's. thanks for the food lan!!! hehehe.

after lunch, we went to church. didn't make it to the 230 filipino mass so we had to wait til 430 for the next mass. we decided to stroll at the central and browse for things to buy. i didn't buy anything. too stingy. nyahahaha. they did. 430 mass was ok. but not like the masses we have in manila. twas a bit of a drag. i almost fell asleep in church if not for the schizo beside jacq who was always muttering something during the mass. the songs were ok though.

dinner was at nando's. my treat. hahaha. didn't spend a lot. but i sure did enjoy what we had for dinner. some tenderloin, some thigh fillets and a few wings. good enough. would've been able to do more if i spent my birthday in manila though.

how was it? minus something that i would rather not discuss right now, it went pretty well. i had a good time with the gang while we were in the city. i'm doing so-so right now but things are surely looking up. keeping my fingers crossed.

happy birthday edrik!!!

2006-04-09T12:59:00.000+10:00

yun lang...

(not so) random thoughts...

2006-04-07T20:49:00.000+10:00

ayan na! halos isang buwan na since i last posted something here. kaya eto post me ng kung anu-ano makapag update lang.

blues? i'm not sure which to post. a few things have brought me down of late and i've yet to overcome them. maybe when i'm over those, i'll have the will to write them down.

as for the greens, not much. saw somebody from the past while i was online the other day. darn! i almost regretted the fact that i let that one get away. hehehe. but what's done is done. no amount of regret, self-pity, or grovelling would get her back. she's happily married now. happy for her, really...

misc: the whole week, there was nothing to do. work-related that is. the thing i was supposed to work on is part of a gap and no documentation available is available to derive the information i need to complete it. first time that i am logging an entire week of IDLE/LEARN in SPLIS. not good. i just hope they figure out what they want to do with us before the easter break. otherwise, it's going to be pointless since 2 weeks after holy week is about month-end already and may 10 wouldn't be that far off. might as well let us stay until may 10 if they can't reach a decision by that time. more savings for me (yey!) but i'll be missing a lot of goings-on back home. sadness :(

was talking to my shrink just a while back. hehehe. gave me some advice on what i can do to fight this wave of depression i've been feeling. hope it works. i've really been feeling crappy the past few days and i sure could use a sunny disposition for a change.

the things i missed this week...

2006-03-17T16:05:00.000+11:00

Andaming nangyari this week. Moomba parade, opening ng MCG, movie marathon sa house almost everyday. Away dito away doon. Hahaha. Active participant lang ako sa movie marathon at sa mga awayan.

I missed the Moomba parade last monday. Sabi kasi ni housemate Allan umuulan daw nung nagising kami Monday morning. E around lunch ata yung parade. So yun na. Di na ako nag-isip lumabas. Kung di sana umuulan, baka napaisip pa ako kung lalabas nga ako. Hehehe. Tamad na tamad talaga ako gumala these days.

Yung MCG opening ceremonies, may fireworks daw dun sa may Yarra river. Hindi ako pumunta. Sila allan marj at jacq nagpunta. Ni meet nila si marlon pati yung gf ni marlon. Ako pumunta ng grocery. Bumili ng coke supply ko (which was still on sale at the time kaya nakatipid na naman ako, hehehe) tapos some cold cuts para pag trip namin magsandwich na lang for dinner.

Movie marathon... hmmm. I am enjoying myself. Kaso magastos. Overnight rental is 5 bucks. Tang inis isang bagong VCD na yun sa Manila. Tapos 2 DVDs a day pa kami kung magrent ni Allan. Hahaha. It keeps me busy though. Almost halfway na kami sa assignment na to. Konting tiis na lang, uwi na kami.

Yipee! Malulustay ko na kung anuman yung naipon ko dito. Hahahaha. Kung meron nga. Magastos dito talaga mga brothers and sisters. O baka ako lang talaga ang magastos. Nyahahaha!

Onga pala, may isa pa akong na-miss. Mali pala, di na-miss. Nami-miss (kasi palagian).

Dapat alam mo na ikaw nga yung tinutukoy ko... Hahaha! Kung si topeng may malupit na unang hinahanap-hanap, ako ikaw lang talaga madalas ko iniisip. Bat kasi andaming bawal... dagdagan pa natin ng isang bawal. Bawal mag-feeling!!! Basta miss kita. Sana nandito ka. Di para sa kung anuman. Just wanted to share this experience with you. Plus na lang yung kung anuman. :D

Hostel Blues

2006-03-08T14:56:00.000+11:00

Nakangtuterz omg! Watched Hostel last night. Amf! Kala ko pa naman maliligayahan ako.

Tangeena! Pang Disney ang pelikulang ito. Nung una akala ko maligaya na ako. Daming sex scenes. Nagkalat ang breast exposure at may occasional full frontal. Soft porn ika nga. Ampness to d max, nung nagsimula na ang patayan, parang gusto ko na rin mamatay. Siguro wuss lang ako.

Eto ang mga reaksyon ng mga kasama ko manood ng sine kagabi:

Si tetser pao tinanong ko nung lumabas kami ng sinehan, ok pa naman daw sya. Pero nung kumakain na kami sa KFC, napansin ko lang, halos hindi niya makain yung zinger nya. Hahaha. Isang pakpak ng manok lang ata ang nakain ni tetser.

Si allan? Huwell, bihira (o hindi pa ata nangyari) na walang gana kumain etong si big boy. Pero in fairness, may natirang fries sa box niya kagabi. Mga anim na piraso pa siguro yun. That is considered unusual for his case. So I guess affected din sya nung movie on some level.

Yung dalawang girls... hehehe.

Jacq got what she wanted. She said she hopes the movie isn't going to be in the line of Crash. Yun bang mabigat sa dibdib pagkatapos mo panoorin. Well, she got half of it anyway. The movie wasn't anywhere near Crash. The stars were unknown (or maybe it's because I am not a movie buff like Bes Manuel is) and the story line isn't anywhere near the plot of Crash. All the same, after the movie, she was begging to find some comfort food. But like most of us, food offered little comfort last night.

Si Marj, mukhang ok pa naman siya. Although she said she felt a little sick. Maton talaga tong isang to. Pero yun nga. Gusto niya i-recommend yung movie sa kanyang other half. Mahilig ata sa ganung genre ang kayang lovey-doods.

Ako? Halos di rin makakain. Pag titingin ako dun sa manok, iba ang nakikita ko. Pati coleslaw ko (which is usually una kong binabanatan pag kumakain ako sa KFC), hindi ko nagalaw. I remember the last time I felt that sick was when I watched the video of somebody getting his head cut off by an Iraqi with a jungle knife.

Sa mga mahihilig sa blood and gore, this is a must-see. I'm sure maliligayahan kayo. Basta ako, stick na lang muna sa mga disney at pixar movies. At yung mga inspirational movies na hanggang ngayon di pa nada-download netong chekwanese friend namin dito.

parasayo...

2006-03-06T17:09:00.000+11:00

kung mapadaan ka man dito
kahit alam kong malabo

kung may magchismis man sayo
di ko alam kung sino

basta sana malaman mo...

MISS na MISS na kita!!!

p.s. walang bumebeybi sa akin dito... waaaahhh!

Yey!!! May shoutbox na rin ako... hehehe

2006-03-04T01:04:00.001+11:00

Yun lang... na-excite lang talaga ako dahil nakapagkabit na rin ako ng shoutbox dito. Wahoo!

Credits:
wardude (aka allanv) - sa pagbigay ng link ng pwede pagkuhaan ng shoutbox
auring - sa pagturo sa akin magtranslate ng German para maikabit ko nga ang shoutbox na nakuha ko

Xie xie...

Trip-Trip Lang

2006-03-02T12:06:00.000+11:00

Last Saturday, we went for a guided tour on the Great Ocean Road...

Tour vehicle, not the one we went on though... This one was fully-booked when we tried to make our reservations :(

Me unable to contain the excitement over the spectacular sights on our way to the GOR...

First stop... Bells Beach. No idea why it's called as such. Wasn't paying attention to what the driver/guide was saying during the trip. As you can see from the pic above these, I was too excited to pay attention... :D This beach is not really part of the Great Ocean Road (at least I think so...). It was right before the Great Ocean Road sign thingie (see topmost pic of this post).

A really nice view of Point Lonsdale ... we stopped at this place overlooking the coastline for about 5 to 10 minutes. Just enough time to take a couple of quick shots. Pero pangit yung isa e, so isa lang post ko.

Adorable koalas. Hahaha. Reminded me so much of the remark "Parang natutulog lang." I was on my way back to the bus when I did see a koala moving... too bad I didn't get a video of it. Chayang!

Lunch time at Apollo Bay. No nice pics of the scenery. Was too hungry to care. And craving for nicotine. Hehehe. Pics courtesy of Jacq. I ran out of batteries after the koala experience... :(

Errrr... tama na muna kakapost ng pics. Nakakapagod din pala to. Next post ko, ilalagay ko na lang yung mga pictures ng sangkaterbang limestone at rock formations na makikita sa GOR. Yung twelve apostles at loch ard ang tinutukoy ko. Wala akong pics nung mga shipwrecks at saka galing sa phone ko lang yung mga pics na ilalagay ko. And there are some pics I took while at the Otway Treetop Walk (pinakanakakapagod na tinigilan naming lugar).

Para lang masimulan ko na mag-post...

2006-03-02T11:04:00.000+11:00

Ok na yan kesa lyrics ng kanta ilagay ko dito. Hehehe. Nitatamad me magsulat ng pang-first entry ko.

Binti yata ni allan ata yang nasa gilid. Di ko maalala kung sino katabi ko nung kinuha yung pic na to e. Masyado naman malaki kasi para maging binti yan ni Inay Marj... :D