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What if you slept?
And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed?
And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven
and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower?
And what if, when you awoke,
you had the flower in your hand?
Ah, what then?
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge
 it slaps you in the face.
you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. -maya angelou i'm still half way there. lost luggages are never good... make me NOT want to pack anything.
because chay made me snicker in the office. TAGO JUD! These words are so unique and loaded in meaning that they will never find a direct translation in the English language. Forget traditional dictionaries. 1. Achuchu (A-chu-chu) · This refers to the pointless insincerities being said during long, involved conversations about nothing at all. 2. Ano (A-noh) · The all-around, all-purpose word for everything. (a) Pronoun in interrogation: Ano? (What) (b) Noun: Where is your ano? (Where is your father/mother/ dead-uncle' s-second- cousin) (c) Verb: Anuhin this. (Paint/kill/ maim/castrate this.) (d) Adjective: This is so ano. (This is so pretty/big/astoundi ng.) (e) Interjection: Ano! (What the hell!) (f) Substitute for genitalia: Did you ano your ano? The use of ano is quite dangerous for the untrained ear, and must be put into the proper setting. "Honey, the ano is too long, we have to cut it," must be accompanied by the proper understanding of the context, as results may be critical to a couple's future. 3. Booba (boo-bah) · A female blessed with larger than usual mammary glands, which can be used as weapons of mass destruction. 4. Checheboreche (Che-che-boh- re-che) · Same as achuchu. It is interesting to ponder on the reason why there are so many words in the Filipino language that beautifully describe meaningless chatter. 5. Epal (Eh-pal) · An individual who believes he is God. 6. Gigil (gee-gil) · An uncontrollable desire to bite something. 7. Hipon (Hee-pon) · Literally "shrimp," whose body is eaten while its head is thrown away, this refers to a female whose body is to die for and whose face looks like it belongs to the dead. 8. Kikay (kee-kay) · Refers to individuals who carry a brush, hand wash, moisturizer, lip-gloss and various other facial enhancements in a case (aptly called a kikay kit) inside her bag. Recent inspections of various backpacks have led to the conclusion it is not a purely female trait. This breed cannot resist checking themselves out on mirrors, glass windows, bread knives, sidewalk puddles and plastic-covered notebooks. 9. Kaekekan (Ka-ek-e-kahn) · Same as achuchu and chechebureche. 10. Kilig (keel-leg) · A rush of excitement due to the actions, presence or even mention of he whom you see as the future father of your children. 11. Laglag-brip (lag-lag-brip) · The female counterpart of laglag-panti. 12. Laglag-panti (lag-lag-pan- tee) · A man so incredibly hot, so heart-stoppingly gorgeous and oozing with masculinity that female underwear (whether worn by males or females) falls to the ground without effort whatsoever. 13. Indyanero (In-jan-neh- ro) · An individual who fails to appear at an appointment without prior warning. Not to be confused with individuals who appear according to Filipino time (approximately 10 minutes before the meeting is to end) 14. Japorms (Jah-porms) · Describes an individual dressed differently from the usual (typically involves clothes that have been laundered and pant legs of roughly the same length). 15. Lagot (Lah-got) · A prophecy of evil things to come. 16. Para (Pah-rah) · A term that informs the driver of a jeep to stop and pause (usually in the middle of the road) as the individual speaking intends to leave the vehicle. Dangerous for individuals as drivers seem to believe having one foot in the air is all that is necessary for descent. 17. Takusa (Ta-kuh-sa) · Derived from takot sa asawa (afraid of wife), this is a term used to describe the silent (very silent) minority of males married to feminine reincarnations of Hitler. 18. Torpe (tore-peh) · A gentleman who is desperately attracted to a female yet by some strange compulsion is reduced to a frozen mound of stuttering male whenever that female is near.  REPREZENT!
it's a SUNDAY!!! woohoo. OK a little more enthusiasm next time. It's just that i had to STEEEEL wake up early today to bring my niece to church. I had coffee while waiting for her to be done with sunday school.. so now i'm up and continuing my sunday morning gossip girl marathon *which came to a halt a few hours ago, around 3am?.. coz every girl needs her beauty sleep*. I don't know why i'm hooked. It's more or less like THE OC (without chunky scary ryan) meets CRUEL INTENTIONS (with less girl on girl action) meets THE DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES -TDS (without the housewives). It's just as UNREALISTIC as the lives the people in orange county portray. It's a little less NAUGHTY than sarah michelle gellar was.. but naughty nonetheless. And the narration is just as soothing/irritating (goes both ways) as the narration of the dead lady in TDS. How can it not be addicting?? You mix all those up and add a few gorgeous men (yesireeee.. *sigh) and number of designer outfits (it makes you wanna lose tons of weight and go on a shopping spree) and A LOT OF DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA. yes. perfect ingredients for suckers such as I. so watch it and sulk with me. also watched Christine. Her vlogs are quite funny. At first i thought that her MOM was really cool for taking part in her videos only to find out in the 4/5 clip that it was still her doin her mom. (stop imagining something else and just click it already) My fave is the SPEANUTS. HAHA. oh and chi made me watch this girl on youtube. Marie Digby. She's DA LODS. (linkin park, joan osborne, natalie imbruglia... and ever her originals are great) If she'd join american idol, i'd buy a ticket just to be able to land somewhere that has voting rights, vote, and come back home. And i'd do it every time she performs. there's just soooo many to see. SO LITTLE TIME.
i said i wouldn't start it.
i said i shouldn't even try.
i said i couldn't even finish one.
but i did play anyway.
www.godtower.com
damn the bored!!!
 WTF is THIS???
WHAT COUNTRY IS CLOSEST TO YOUR HEART?? NEPAL
i dont know if you recall my infamous Afghinesetan photo. That wasn't all me. hahahahahha.. that was greatly inspired by one of the few geniuses of our time. Steve McCurry, with his inspiring dialogue with light and his uncanny ability to draw emotions out of, what seems like, EVERY SINGLE LIVING CREATURE, keeps my jaw wide open and eyes locked at each photo. And because he captured the face that made A BILLION people get off their seats, i bought the book. 
“This portrait summed up for me the trauma and plight, and the whole situation of suddenly having to flee your home and end up in refugee camp, hundreds of miles away, I don’t a think a week has gone by for 15 or however many years that I still don’t get requests from people, trying to get information on her." NOW THAT IS A GREAT PHOTO.
one of my few guilty pleasures.  i've come to realize that my camera is the only THING (so this excludes people) that brightens my day instantaneously. what i'd give to make the whole world smile. definitely something extra sweet. i got a note from the central post office. "dear ms gothong, we have a package for you". even before i had it, i was smiling. so here, just a test shot. 
what we lack in life,
whether it be our current careers,
our making up for delinquent experiences,
our education or lack thereof,
our struggling social connections...
we never need to make up for in FAMILY.
Because it's the latter
that fills in the gaps.*brothers&sisters*
take my word and watch it.
you'll laugh. you'll cry. you'll cringe. you'll despise.
but after each episode,
you'll look back
on your own little world of thickened blood
and
you'll smile.
 | God Sent | Jul 22, '07 5:49 PM
for everyone |
you've got this look i can't describe,
you make me feel LYKA'm alive,
when everything else is a fade,
without a doubt you're on my side,
just LYKA star across my sky,
just LYKAn angel off the page,
you have appeared to my life,
feel LYKA'll never be the same,
just LYKA song in my heart,
just like oil on my hands,
oh.. i do love you,
BIRTHDAY HAPPINESS DEAR.
because my phone is still so far away..
love, cat "sexy&lazy ass" G.
| the CURE | Jun 9, '07 10:32 PM
for everyone |
 MELT WITH ME
*ROYCE NUTTY BAR CHOCOLATE*  *truffles with praline*
*macadamia nuts wrapped with bittersweet chocolate*
*AMANDE chocs* they have this collection of almonds (milk, dark, and white chocs) *NAMA chocs: bitter, champagne* all i want for any occasion is my two front teeth. got my royce fix a few weeks ago. that's what happens when your brother comes to visit you from hongkong and asks what you want.. ECHOES OF COCOAS!! NOW, its time for GODIVA  they have this biscuit collection that any woman or even man, for that matter, would kill or die for. A box of eight delectable selections that will leave you desperate for more. of soothing sweetness that gratifies the taste buds and deludes you perception. of thinly sliced almonds that seem to converse with the melting sensation. of magic chocolate powders and spices that strips each one bare.. that somehow doesn't allow you to swallow when you've gotten to the last bite of the very last piece. because if you do. it's the end. and it's always a depressing ending hoping, craving, dying for a confident happy beginning. sadly, this is the power of chocolate; one that i allow myself to succumb to. WHY? because it's just too good to pass up.  did you know that to reverse being STRESSED, you need to get yourself loads of DESSERTS. LITERALLY lovely. Men may have dogs. But us ladies? We have diamonds, chocolates, ice cream, and the WHOLE GANG. passive happiness is happiness nonetheless.
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"asahi nga bisag kanus-a puydi ra ka mu sandig nako"
"earth-blue stone, raindrop blown, down through space and took my place,
on a stone-cold day, cloud breaks clay,
all those iron-clad, shotgun minds were, so cold and bound by time,
afraid to go outside on a summer's night...
ball and chain, it's still the same, will some things never change?
'cause nothing grows in wintertime, unless it find some spark to hide behind,
firefly, a spark to hide behind,
firefly, we could step out in the summer's night,
firefly, firefly...
a red sunset, my shirt, skin wet, I fell from grace till I saw that face,
and 1000 lights were dancing on the grass
you feel the tug of the lightning bug, and it pulls you back to another place,
somewhere you've been before, but far away...
after laughter, calling, calling, after pain a quiet sound,
we could cry together, or cry alone,
see the rain has fallen down, disappeared beneath the ground,
now the lights are all around,
firefly, a spark to hide behind,
firefly, we could step out in the summer's night,
firefly, firefly..." - brad yoder
hahahahhahah.. got this from chai. made me snicker, then wonder, then snicker smores.
Girls' English. 
1.Yes = No.
2.No = Yes.
3.Maybe = No.
4.It's your decision = The correct decision should be obvious by now.
5.Do what you want = You'll pay 4 this later.
6.We need to talk = I need to bitch.
7.Sure......Go ahead = I don't want you too.
8.I'm not upset = Of course I'm upset, you stupid moron.
9.How much do you love me? = I did something today your not gonna like me for.
10.Is my butt fat? = Tell me i'm beautiful.
11.You have to learn to communicate! = Just agree with me.
12.Are you listening to me? = Too late, you're dead.
Guy's English.
1.I'm hungry = I'm hungry.
2.I'm sleepy = I'm sleepy.
3.I'm tired = I'm tired.
4.Do you want to go to a movie? = I'd eventaully like to have sex with you.
5.Can I take you to dinner? = I'd eventaully like to have sex with you.
6.Can I call you sometime? = I'd eventaully like to have sex with you.
7.May I have this dance? = I'd eventaully like to have sex with you.
8.Nice dress = Nice cleavage.
9.You look tensed, let me give you a massage = I want to fondle you.
10.What's wrong? = What meaningless self inflicted pshychological trauma are you going through now?
11.What's wrong? = I guess sex tonight is out of the question.
12.I'm bored = Do you want to have sex?
13.I love you = Let's have sex right now.
14.I love you too = Okay i said it we'd better have sex now!
15.Let's talk = I am tryin' to impress you by shown that I'm a deep person and maybe then you'd like to have sex with me!
16.Will you marry me? = I want to make it illegel for you to have sex with other guys.
 just pretend it's NOT really THAT MUCH true.
this was the speech of the genius 16 year old valedictorian of the university of the philippines. it's inspiring to here the aspirations of other (younger) people. even if i am not really that old. it makes me feel relieved and lucky to have fellow Filipinos utter words that only a few dare dream. when i was 16, i was more hopeful. but i continue this quest because impossibilities are uncertain; because children heal the world; because there will always be green grass in our country; because there are those who hope; because there are those who believe; and because there are those who hope in believing.
"Take not the road less traveled
One of the things that strike me as being very "UP Diliman" is the way UPD
students can't seem to stay on the pavement. From every street corner that
bounds an unpaved piece of land, one will espy a narrow trail that cuts the
corner, or leads from it. Every lawn around the buildings sports at least one
of these paths, starting from a point nearest to the IKOT stop and ending at
the nearest entry to the building. The trails are beaten on the grass by many
pairs of feet wanting to save a fraction of a meter of traveling, no matter
that doing so will exact some cost to the shoes, or, to the ubiquitous
slippers, especially when the trails are new.
What do these paths say about us, UP students?
One could say that the UP student is enamored with Mathematics and Pythagoras, hence these triangles formed by the pavement and the path. Many among you would disagree.
Others could say that the UP student is naturally countercultural. And the
refusal to use the pavement is just one of the myriads of ways to show his
defiance of the order of things. This time, many would agree.
Still, others will say that the UP student is the model of today's youth: they
want everything easier, faster, now. The walkable paths appeal to them because they get to their destination faster, and presumably, with less effort. Now that is only partly true, and totally unfair.
These trails weren't always walkable. No doubt they started as patches of grass, perhaps overgrown. Those who first walked them must have soiled their shoes, stubbed their toes, or had insects biting their legs, all in the immovable
belief that the nearest distance between two points is a straight line. They
might even have seen snakes cross their paths. But the soiled footwear, sore
toes, and itchy legs started to conquer the grass. Other people, seeing the yet
faint trail, followed. And as more and more walked the path, the grass gave in
and stopped growing altogether, making the path more and more visible, more and more walkable.
The persistence of the paths pays tribute to those UP students who walked them first – the pioneers of the unbeaten tracks: the defiant and curious few who refuse the familiar and comfortable; the out-of-the-box thinkers who solve
problems instead of fretting about them; the brave who dare do things
differently, and open new opportunities to those who follow.
They say how one behaved in the past would determine how he behaves in the
future. And as we leave the University, temporarily or for good, let us call on
the pioneering, defiant, and brave spirit that built the paths to guide us in
this next phase of our life.
We have been warned time and again. Our new world that they call "adulthood" is one that's full of compromises, where success is determined more by the ability to belong than by the ability to think, where it is much easier to do as everyone else does. Daily we are bombarded with so much news of despair about the state of our nation, and the apparent, perverse sense of satisfaction our politicians get from vilifying our state of affairs. It is fashionable to migrate to other countries to work in deceptively high-paying jobs like nursing and teaching, forgetting that even at their favored work destinations, nurses and teachers are some of the lowest paid professionals. The lure of high and immediate monetary benefits in some low-end outsourcing jobs has drawn even some of the brightest UP students away from both industry and university teaching to which they would have been better suited.
Like the sidewalks and pavement, these paths are the easiest to take.
But, like the sidewalks and pavement, these paths take longer to traverse, just
as individual successes do not always make for national progress. The unceasing critic could get elected, but not get the job done. The immigrant could get his visa, but disappear from our brainpower pool. The highly paid employee would be underutilized for his skills, and pine to get the job he truly wants, but is now out of his reach. And the country, and we, are poorer because of these.
Today, the nation needs brave, defiant pioneers to reverse our nation's slide to
despair. Today, we must call upon the spirit that beat the tracks. Today, we
must present an alternative way of doing things.
Do NOT just take courage, for courage is not enough. Instead, be BRAVE! It will take bravery to go against popular wisdom, against the clichéd expectations of family and friends. It will take bravery to gamble your future by staying in the country and try to make a prosperous life here. It might help if for a start, we try to see why our Korean friends are flocking to our country. Why, as many of us line up for immigrant visas in various embassies, they get
themselves naturalized and settle here. Do they know something we don't?
Do NOT just be strong in your convictions, for strength is not enough. Instead, DEFY the pressure to lead a comfortable, but middling life. Let us lead this country from the despair of mediocrity. Let us not seek to do well, but strive to EXCEL in everything that we do. This, so others will see us as a nation of brains of the highest quality, not just of brawn that could be had for cheap.
Take NOT the road less traveled. Rather, MAKE new roads, BLAZE new trails, FIND new routes to your dreams. Unlike the track-beaters in campus who see where they're going, we may not know how far we can go. But if we are brave, defiant searchers of excellence, we will go far. Explore possibilities, that others may get a similar chance. I have tried it myself. And I'm speaking to you now.
But talk is cheap, they say. And so I put my money where my mouth is. Today, I place myself in the service of the University, if it will have me. I would like to teach, to share knowledge, and perhaps to be an example to new UP students in thinking and striving beyond the limits of the possible. This may only be a small disturbance in the grass. But I hope you'll come with me, and trample a new path.
Good evening, everyone."
By Mikaela Irene Fudolig
UP Graduation 22 April 2007
*Inside every older person is a younger person --wondering what the hell happened.
-Cora Harvey Armstrong-
*Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut the bitch up with cookies. (Unknown)
*The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. -Helen Hayes (at 73)-
*I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows.
-Janette Barber-
*My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first one being--hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. -Erma Bombeck-
*Old age ain't no place for sissies. -Bette Davis-
*Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.-Caryn Leschen-
If you can't be a good example -then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
-Catherine- (hahahahhaha REPREZENT!!)
*I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on. -Roseanne Barr-
*Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. -Maryon Pearson-
*Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. -Eleanor Roosevelt-
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "whooooow... what a ride!"
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