From The Heart to The World, BIDA: Be The Change!

Last weekend was the deadliest, most tiring, and equally fun weekend of my life so far. I was recommended by the Cultural Arts Office Director to be a facilitator at the CEAP Bidahan youth camp, with two other officers from the same office. I was iffy at first, thinking that it would be such a hassle, with thesis and the term nearing its end. But I met new people who are now good friends of mine; that alone takes away all the worries and doubts. I also gained so much experience in facilitating a large group of people with a vast set of unique personalities, as well as in dealing with different kinds of situations. I still have so much to say! But I'm still tired from those two days, so here I am, reporting that I am still alive after all the mental, physical, and emotional chaos I went through last week.

Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP)

BIDA: Be the Change (Bidahan) 2010 Youth Camp

November 27-28, 2010 | Assumption Antipolo

From the heart to the world, BIDA: Be The Change!

Earth keepers, ethical leaders! Ate Misyel Avelino pep talks all facilitators at the Faci HQ, aka Bat Cave!

Facilitators from DLSU (CAO, SLIFE, DO, LSPO) with Sir Lysander and Sir Jupiter!

The fusion of crazy facilitators that is DLSU and CSB! The oldies couldn't handle us. Hehehe.

More photos!

Butterfly Twin Popsies with my newly-found cousin, Margie!

Ever so kulit duo from LSPO, Nino and Chase!

Co-facilitator Aya and I with the brains of Bidahan, Mr. Rene Salvador San Andres!

Thanks to Geom (in blue) for bringing us to untouched girls' room with a shower head!

Okay, so on my way to the wash room to brush my teeth... Let's just say there were so many interruptions that led me to this... The most dyahe fan photo that Paolo Santos will ever have. Haha. He was cool about it anyway!

On to the next day...

I have to admit. I like sleeping on the floor but I hate waking up to find that I was on the floor all night. My back, hips, and joints won't stop screaming at me. But at least I was wearing the panda socks that Joh gave me. Hihi.

The trio just can't stop bonding. Haha.

Forcing a smile despite the extreme exhaustion.

Time to go home!

Double Down

During commercial breaks of Manny Pacquiao's fight with Antonio Margarito on local TV, a brilliantly engaging KFC ad for its new product floods the airtime. Brilliant, because that ad sent people flocking through KFC branches, at least those that I visited. In my circle, there has been this undying hype about the KFC Double Down. Not only was the ad effective, in my opinion, chicken-meat-on-chicken-meat-with-bacon-cheese-and-mayo-in-between is nothing but intriguing.

Needless to say, Double Down has always been sold out each time I visit a KFC branch. The hype excites me as it frustrates me. A couple of days ago, I decided to give up on the quest for that elusive and intriguing Double Down. I told myself that if I ever get to try it, ever, it better give justice to my expectations. I don't want to prolong this entry as I have deviated yet again from my main goal for tonight.

Tonight, Daddy brought home a bag from KFC. Voila.

It's oily, salty, chicken-meaty. Exactly the way I expected it to be. Hands down to KFC for amazing advertising!

After everything it has put me through, it deserves a photo opportunity so that it is immortalized on this blog; something to remember it by, how it had me pulling at my hair and gnashing my teeth each time the clerk at the counter said: "Sold out na po eh."

The Wait

... is almost over!

I mean, I waited one full year, three extra terms, for this.

I hope all goes well. With this term's thesis proposal paper and last academic course, and a major at that, and next term's thesis production and practicum. Let this be it!

And can I just add? The "Final Page" of the enrollment process has never meant this much, that it felt so real, until today. LET THIS BE IT! THESIS IT!

Randumb Musings

I realized that I will soon be enrolling online, and I will finally have to click the "YES" radio button when asked: "Are you graduating?" Or was it? Basta, to that effect. I'm so giddy. I pray that all goes well with thesis, this and next term.

Speaking of thesis, I currently have five books from the university library. And note that last Wednesday was my first time to check out a book. What is I've-been-a-passive-library-person all my life in college until now?

I love it that my R&B-, Rap- and Urban-loving 16 year-old brother loves the song Little Person by Jon Brion. Cute, yes? :) He even asked how I got it. Thanks, Meryl! Hihi.

I want to thank Meryl in advance for posting our treatment shoot behind-the-scene photos from last Friday. I hate, hate, hate that my Bluetooth still isn't working. Aghh. In line with the first part of this entry, Macbook Pro for graduation, please, daddy? Haha! I hope you didn't get tired of visiting my blog, dad.

I'm almost always hungry even though I eat at designated meal times. That fact makes me sad. I do my best to exercise, as in run laps at the university Sports Complex's Olympic-sized oval, but I don't seem to make any progress. And I'm sad that I won't be able to run tomorrow! Huhu, my friend Arlene and I sorta made it a Tuesday-Thursday ritual, and now we'll have to break that streak! Hmpf.

I need to get my priorities straight. I have pending errands/responsibilities and it's been sitting on my to-do list for forever. Dentist appointment, almost a year. Contact boxing gym, one month. Inquire at nearest driving school, two months. Meeting minutes, one term. Revamp and do general cleaning on my room, one year. Get on with it, Cee. Please!

On Wishing

I seriously cannot wait for the 11th hour and 11th minute of November 11, 2011! That would be the ultimate wishing minute ever! Too many elevens! Aaahhh! Haha.

A year ago, I never gave it much thought, the 11:11 thing. People say that when the clock strikes 11:11, AM or PM, you have to wish. Nobody said it was effective. Not one gave me a valid reason as to why I should do so; some were just apathetic. Without cause, I didn't even believe in it. Not until my childhood best friend and cousin was diagnosed with lupus last January 2010 did I force myself to give it a shot; it won't hurt, I guess. And so it became a practice. Sometimes I would think that 11:11 did me too many a favor during "hopeless" times.

I say it is psychological. Since one's awareness is heightened about a specific want/need, it's only natural to attract such thought into becoming a reality. Now, that, the law of attraction, I believe in!

How did such phenomenon come about anyway? I saw my college best friend's short but swak blog entry for today and it made me really curious, hence this entry. I did some browsing over the internet about different claims on the 11:11 phenomenon (when I should be finishing my thesis paper) when I finally told myself that it doesn't matter, really. It doesn't matter if wishes do come true when one wishes at 11:11 AM or PM. Like I said, you attract what you want to happen in your life. But here's the most interesting I've seen, kinda freaky, actually: CLICK!

On a side note, totally irrelevant: I didn't plan to write anything tonight because I'm too lazy. Best if I save it for thesis. But today, ah! Today has been way too eventful that I couldn't decide what to write about and where to start! I discovered a new way to make blogging so much easier especially when laziness strikes: FLOOD YOUR OWN FACEBOOK WALL AND PRINT SCREEN IT! Then post! Haha!

Word Vomit III

Moral support is a healthy vice. Pampalakas ng loob na di alcoholic, pampaalis ng stress na walang nicotine! Tungga lang at maki-bum, all good!

And they say friends can be such bad influence sometimes. They teach you vices. See, if you have friends who have good vices and they share them to you, isn't that neat?

The Dexter Drug

I was never a fan of watching TV series on TV. I know, it defeats the purpose of it being a series, but I'm monster when it comes to TV shows I like. I prefer to sit it out from the first to the last episode of the season! Take today, for example, I watched the entire third season of How I Met Your Mother. Talk about the formula for a major headache.

Recently, I finished watching all four seasons of Showtime's Dexter. I can't get enough of it. When season four ended at a note I never expected, let alone, broke my heart... I felt how addicted I am to the show. It's like a drug! Not that I take drugs, but I am hooked! Badly.

Anyway, here's a video clip. Dexter's opening ID/billboard has got to be the smartest, wittiest, most thought out TV show intro ever. Haha. It's full of deception, irony, and non-verbal puns (if there is such thing).

Another Round, Anyone?

October

was

ridiculously

awesome.

I

sure

hope

November

can

top

that!

Enough said.