Remembering Dr. Pedrena...

Dr. Pedrena was my professor for 2 subjects when I was still in college. My first encounter with him was when I was in third year. He was my professor in Modern Political Theories beck then. Like any other senior professors, he had the air of authority which was probably the reason why my respect to this person is insurmountable... After quite some time, he got to know his students and by then, Lence, Grace and I were considered as the favorites in our class. We were never the asslicker type of students but because of our participation in various school organizations plus excelling in his class, I guess being the favorite is not bad at all.

The next semester, He was again my professor. This time, its for our Political Analysis class. Being a dynamic subject, he would often give us current issues and ask to debate on it. I was then very much associated with the ORADEC because I was always a part of the FEU contingent for debate tourneys. During our classroom debates, he would often ask me to become the moderator and at the end of the class give my insights as regards the said topic.

Those were the memories that I will cherish for the rest of my life...

When I received the news of his death, I was really shocked. I just saw him a few days ago and he even asked me how I was doing... I guess the words "Kumusta ka na iha?" was the last words that he said to me.

Looking at him inside a coffin pains me...

The memories shared with this good man kept on flowing in my mind. I just camouflaged my emotions by cracking up some jokes with my college professors and Lence. Still, I feel really bad deep inside.

Forget the flat 1's that he gave me... the values and knowledge were the more important things that is worth remembering.

Goodbye for now sir...
Thank you for the laughters and the knowledge...

Sunday with the graduates...

Sunday was really tiring. I felt really unproductive and kinda bad in the afternoon because of some uncalled for words that was uttered by someone. Good thing, angels do exist.

I had a night to remember because of Joeven, Zaldy, Melvz, Jaz, Ama and Jan. Zaldy's rendition of "There's no easy way to break somebody's heart" made me choke. It was so damn true!
It was a night of clean fun and unforgivable gluttony. We've spotted a new place to enjoy a cup of coffee. It's called Bo's Coffee Club. The coffee is ok. Cookies are great. And the service is fantastic! I saw the other side of Joeven when he confronted a rude Figaro crew. That was after he convinced us to patronize Figaro being Filipino owned and all... Ha,ha. After his famous "Can I talk to your manager or anybody who's in charge because what you did was soo rude!" line, I was dumbfounded for a sec but it was really B-R-A-V-O!!! ha,ha. We stayed til the wee hours of the night talking about business ventures with the other guys while txting with Joeven (a real weirdo, we're together but he opted to chat via txt! Ha,ha).

Seeing the Josephines...

Last sunday was kinda nostalgic. Some of my batchmates organized a dinner meet-and-greet somewhere in timog. It was amusing to see how we've all grown up! Hannah, for one, came in wearing an ultra mini skirt. Far from Hannah Lee Barvo who used to be so meek and sweet kid. She's still sweet with a twist this time. Anna, my hs buddy came with her boyfriend. You see, Anna was more of a prim and proper lad. Who would've thought that she'll have her boyfriend before I have mine?! ( bitter!! ha,ha). Nonetheless, it was a super cool and ultra conyo night! ha,ha. I can't wait to see some of our batchmates next month :)

The week that was...

This week was pretty demanding yet productive week for me. I was not called for our Labor class last Monday. Lady luck was with me, i guess. Labor is so difficult because you have to recite for almost 3 hours unless you're a super gifted child and was able to memorize everything. Tuesday was ok. The tension level was the same especially with Atty. Tolentino's voice booming in the four corners of the room. He was very supportive though of the activity of the student council coz he was the one who invited Congressman Chiz Escudero for Wednesday's forum. Wednesday was the climax of my week. I was asked by the SC President (kuya Novo) to be the co-emcee/ moderator for the IL forum. It was so cool because the panelist was composed of Sec. Mike Defensor (ultra supportive admin official), Congressman Dandoval ( one of the Spice boys) and my favorite, Congressman Ciz Escudero ( opposition's mouthpice). It was a very informative afternoon. Thursday was my day of rest but before I was able to do that, I went to my Doctor for my allergy check-up. I was in the dumpster when I went home because I can't eat practically everything that I like ( from chicken to seafoods!). I have to be in a hypoallergenic diet ( God knows til when!). But I'd rather sacrifice that be tortured for the rest of my life. Argh! Thanks to my mom's allergy history. I still don't know what will happen today ( Friday). I might go on our batch dinner tomorrow @ timog. Will update you soon.

TIMOG CHILL

I was with Lucky and Joeven last saturday. As usual, our night out was spent in a resto followed by hours of chatting over a cup of coffee. We went to timog and decided to eat at Alex III after walking for a few blocks (thanks to Joeven's Dencio's idea- apparently, it was closed). It has a nice ambience and the service is really good. After our dinner, we went to our all time favorite coffee place- BAANG. I had a tall hot mocha-yum! Our discussions were quite interesting. It ranges from debt reliefs to fashion (ha,ha... loved that fashion thingie!).

It was really fun. Chilling out in a place were majority of the crowd are reviewing (mostly law students and some techie med students) gave that cool feeling. After all, they're studying like hell while were laughing our hearts out! ha,ha...

cool day

This is definitely a cool day for me.
Everything is really going my way ( aside from the sudden downpour that might ruin my new shoes ;) ha,ha). I saw Atty. Ang this morning. He was kinda cute in his "Angly" way, I guess.. ha,ha. I was super excited to go to school this morning because of my "dresscode" agreement with Seph. I was pleased to see that I didn't overdo it. I'm wearing a green and white skirt, a plain white top and a killer pink shoes to match (the preppy look). Seph on the otherhand decided on wearing a super-preppy tie, longsleeves and sweats ( the kind that european highschools wear). Next weeks attire is anything native. BTW, class in tax got cancelled but we have a make up class this saturday (you wish! considering the scheds of the free sec ha,ha).

I decided to download some debate matters but my diskette failed me. I guess I better switch to another brand with a larger memory. Brushed on some blogs, replied some e-mails and read tons of debate topics. I'm pretty psyched to debate!

10 new happenings in my life since wednesday...

1. got to read a kiddie book courtesy of Dawnie
2. received a chocolate from Mon
3. Lucky invited me to chill out but it was rescheduled this saturday
4. got a copy of Judge Laggui's notes from Beryl
5. Met 2 new pals... Joy and RJ. Joy's the daughter (er biologically coz she's a les) of the owner of our apartment. RJ's Joy's special friend and she is super nice so we really hit it off.
6. got invited to another gimik by Joy and RJ
7. got really irritated with the gloria news ( well, this is not new but there's a development every single day so i think it is still worth writing)
8. got a call from lence ( god i miss lence and grace!)
9. played with chuckie and chummy ( my dogs)
10. got a compliment from law chums

2nd screening

Yesterday was a blast! I was in school but it was not like an ordinary day because I was with people that I miss big time! Joeven and lucky were there (btw, it was the 2nd screening of the ORADEC). After slaving ourselves almost 9 hours, we decided to have the rest of the day spent on bumming time. As always, our idea of bumming time is eating and videoke :).

SOME NEW DISCOVERIES FROM YESTERDAY:
1. Dawnie. He was an old member but he' s more associated with the theater guild so this is like the only time for us to get to know each other and perhaps bond.
2. That Gino is more of a hopeless romantic that cares less of what other people might think than a pop culture type of guy (iisa pa lamang keeps on playing in my head.. ha,ha).
3. That maren can endure 10 hours walking around in stilleto.
4. Lucky's close encounter...
5. That Joeven looks good in hip shirts.
I forgot... That Joeven is still the same kind and generous friend that I have(loved the chocolates and candies:)).

Here I am...again!
Geez... I'm having a very tiring yet productive day. I decided to make up for being lazy so I figured that i'll spend the rest of the day studying. I was so into our cases in Labor when I found out that I left some of it at home. Oh well, to make the long story short, I went back to our place to get the cases (and that's in cubao, mind you). I went back to my reading just the same when my classmate suddenly bumped into me. It was quite OA for me to be in pain because of a minor incident. I kept on rubbing my arm until last night's event went rushing in... Lucky bit me! That's the reason why my arm's swollen. So I guess, my reaction's not that OA. Gotta go, I feel like reading some more :)

angels

Isn't it ironic when somebody suddenly comes into your life just when you needed him/her the most?

I dreaded July 1. If I only have the power to control everything around me, I'll probably edit the calendar and delete all the 1st day of the month. Oh well, since I don't have that power (non yet... ha,ha) I'd better make the most out of that day.

I've met a lot of people. Gino, RJ and Weber(the Beaver... ha,ha). It was nice that i'm now chummies with the newbies of the ORADEC. I like Weber the most because he's just soo hardworking + he was very much willing to be my portable radio for the past 5 days of the Org's audition (ha,ha).