Because I should have my own wall

Franz said this morning that my writeup should have been a list of my quotable quotes instead of someone else praising me or whatever. I don't remember all of them, but here are a few to start:

"Christ is Jesus' last name."

Teacher: "Ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng bangkero?" …

(I went out today. I was hoping my parents would call me so I could tell them I didn't know where I was because I got drunk the other night and passed out and just woke up but my stomach's all sewn up and AAHHH SOMEONE TOOK MY KIDNEY!! -- but they didn't, so too bad for …

is it too late to eat my words

For my Christmas wishlist, I want someone to take me to Mister Kabab.
(Is anyone serving ox brain in Cebu?)

narcissism and love

As self-absorbed as Julia Allison is notorious for being, reading the posts about the one that got away (or rather, the one she let go of) warmed the icicles in my heart a little. I'm rooting for her now because there's nothing like the common need to be loved to …

Boy at the Window

Seeing the snowman standing all alone
In dusk and cold is more than he can bear.
The small boy weeps to hear the wind prepare
A night of gnashings and enormous moan.
His tearful sight can hardly reach to where
The pale-faced figure with bitumen eyes
Returns him such a …

I started an internship at the beginning of last week and met with a really enthusiastic entrepreneur-expat who treated us to breakfast. Four days later I struggled to find the right words to say so I could get myself out of SEO-sweatshop hell. Weekly quota: 30 articles …

For the last time

I find it really annoying when people add me up in YM, and when I drop a line to say hello they ask who the hell is messaging them.
I also find it pointless when people add me up on Facebook and then just cock their eyebrows when I say hi to them on the street because …

Majors I would have taken if I weren't in Comm

1. Creative Writing. Communication was actually my second choice because I couldn't decide between the two. When I got in, I sent a letter to Fr. Nemy to change my course to Comm a couple of months before I started college; I guess I'm very lucky to have been obliged …

I wanna do this. (What did I tell you about some things I'll have to earn on my own?)

all I want for Christmas

A friend who asked me yesterday what I wanted for Christmas made me realize I haven't received a proper Christmas/birthday gift from my family in years. I guess I never really asked for anything. The sole big-ticket item I have, my Macbook, I did ask for, but ended up …

Last night, I dreamt:

I had to retake my Theo orals, and eventually bombing that (of all subjects,)
I attended my IMC class during for the first time during the *last week of the semester* and I was so shocked at the realization while wondering how on earth I was going to …

Oooh, quiz

A just-for-fun quiz (because I like being a silver Cheetah), taken from here.

 

dre
24/08/1988

 

 

You are Silver Cheetah, who is intelligent, cheerful and lively. This seems accurate for the most part -- at least I'd like to think so
You don't like to lose, …

Imperator Augustus: Humanity. They follow leaders -- queens or kings, chiefs or emperors. We tell them what to do, and they do it. We know no more than they, but still, they follow us, blindly, as people lost in the catacombs would follow a child carrying a flaming …

It seems media studies is always in need of saving.

Guys, I'm sure you've seen sirs Jon and Jace's syllabi splattered on various places on the interwebs. They're great, promise. And they've made their courses more accessible projects and lessons-wise. And, media studies is officially dead next year because they're all …

tips for getting through finals week

(Note, this is mostly about food. But yeah.)

1. Computers crash. Backup by emailing files to yourself frequently. If possible, go analog.
2. Stress eating is bad. Do not eat too much. Do not indulge yourself with the excuse that it's finals week and you are stressed and …

w00t Ateneo (we've come full circle)

Dear God

I'm taking this as a sign. :) Thank You!

love,
Dre

Dear God,
I knew it! I can't wait. (Thank you.)

Dear Kuya,
I miss you too; the difference is I actually mean it. I'm so proud of you. Fly high Kuya; it's where you belong.

Dear Dre,
It's been two years, please get a grip.

Dear SA crush,
It's been two years, please be …

(higher up and further in)

Darling, you will not find
in the well into which you fall
what I keep for you on the heights:
a bouquet of dewy jasmines,
a kiss deeper than your abyss.
- An excerpt from "The Well" by Pablo Neruda

Am now in the process of analyzing data. Finally (it took me a while to get started for various reasons). Anyway, lessons learned from Thesis aka

How to conduct an in-depth interview
1. First of all, pay attention. People usually say one thing in the beginning of the …