after one week of not posting, i'm gonna rant rant RAAANT. excited ako magkwento. heheh.

watched a play entitled "kapihan sa loob ng isang dula" by CSB's dulaang filipino at DLSU's william shaw little theater earlier this afternoon. my bestie rach's stage manager. yay support support! :) cool play, i must say. not the typical, predictable ones. it's like a play inside a play inside a play (repeat 3 more times). haha. PLUS, may cutie character pa. niiiice. heheh. :)

onga pala, i had my "scary monumento" experience last feb18. hahah. first time ko tumapak sa monumento, di ko alam na ganun pala dun. at tama bang naka-la salle shirt pa ko? feeling namin ng blockmate kong si james ay makikidnap kami dahil sa t-shirt na iyon. susme. nyahaha.

it's nice to sing once again with the praise&worship team in my church. tagal din ako hindi nakakanta. :)

ching is HOPING that chino (champ's brother) still has no groupmate in our statistics project paper para daw ka-group namin sha. at umasa at nag-"whatifs" naman kami ni ching, na mag-ooffer daw si chino na sa house na lang nila gumawa ng project tapos makikita namin si champ tapos magbbonding kami with them..blahblahblah..haha. sana nga maging ka-group namin, para ma-motivate ng todo ang baklang baliw na friend ko na ito. haha. :)

i'm excited to have "the date" with ate normi together with my bestie rach at wham. kelan kaya yun? sana matuloy. :)

i'm gradually feeling disorganized because i feel that i haven't recorded the things that i should do at school in my planner. grwahhrr. di ko kasi nadadala planner ko sa school that's why i'm not able to record those things RIGHT AWAY. na-o-OC na naman ako. well, lagi naman. hahah.

i only have one midterm exam this term. yay. accounting. shempre, hindi pwedeng mawalan ng midterm exam yun. friday naaaa. the test would be at 6-9 pm. at ang dismissal ko that day is 1130 am. so medyo 6 1/2 hours of waiting yun. major bonding na naman kami ni james neto. haha. pray for me tnxtnx :)

showing na ang memoirs of a geishaaaa. yehey! too bad i'd be able to watch it pa next week due to my cramped schedule this week. :\ plus, i can't wait for pirates of the carribean na din!!

naku! statistics quiz ko na on monday next week! one of my majormajor subjects w/c needs abstract thinking, analytical thinking, critical thinking, lahat na ng thinking na maisip mo! tama ba naman magmemorya ng mga libu-libong [haha exag, mga 10+ lang naman] formula na may "the standard deviation is equal to the class width times the square root of the product of n and the summation of the frequency times d squared minus the square of the summation of the frequency times d all over the product of n and n-1"?! wowee gudlak na lang diba? isa pang dapat na ipagdasal nyo para sa 'kin. hehe.

last sunday was my 2nd week of teaching [after a long time of not teaching] my sunday school kids. grabeee ang kukulit talagaaaa to think na mga anak ng mga pastor iyong mga 'yon. tsk. BUT, i finally figured out how to make them at least attentive and cooperative kahit sandali lamang. at iyon ay bilhan sila ng pagkain pagkatapos ng sunday school. heheh. mahirap din magpa-bible quiz sa mga batang 'yon, they literally know almost everything in the bible! mga anak nga kasi ng pastor eh. pati ako nagulat, alam nila yung mga hindi ko alam sa bible! haha. ikaw ba kilala mo si shadrach, meshach at abednego nung mga 10 years old ka? alam ng mga alaga ko yan. ;)

si LJ, ang aking pinagmamalaking LJ dennis trillo na nagbigay sa akin ng plawers nung balentayms ay nanalo for asst. treasurer sa student council sa college nila. congrats congrats LJ. i'm sooo proud of you. :) ganito yan, wala shang kalaban for that position, pero yung party nila malaki yung possibility na maraming mag-abstain na voters. basta, long story. BUT, their party [sandigan] won 8-0. as in lahat ng positions sa SC nanalo candidates nila! from what i've heard, this was the first time na nangyari yun sa history ng pulitika sa UST. ang manalo ang isang party STRAIGHT. what's even greater, nobody, as in NOBODY chose abstain over LJ. so from 1st year to 4th year, all voters [as in the WHOLE population of each batch] voted LJ as asst. treasurer. lakas mo LJ!! shempre it was because of his credentials that made him win, his desire to serve and shempre bonus na rin, ang mala-celebrity na mukha. ikaw ba naman pagtilian ng mga gerls at feeling gerls habang nag-cclassroom to classroom campaign eh diba? basta, i'm really proud of you LJ. the lord placed you in that position for a purpose, i hope you would be able to fulfill that purpose for his glory. :) galingan mo! sabe mo nga, "BASTA'T PINOY [pinoy kasi ang middle initial nya, MANIWALA KAYO], SAFE NA SAFE SI NINOY!" hehe. :)

i've gained more thomasian friends na naman. hindi na lang umiikot ang UST life ko sa nursing block 1-9, pati na rin sa sandigan party! naks, bigtaym na ito, naglalakihang student council ang aking mga new prens! pati na rin shempre sa mga sandigan members. haha. ate lou, kuya earvin, ate cris, and punky, congrats to you all! handle nursing college with care ha! kuya gelo, madam carlo, kuya martin, and yung iba pa which i barely remember the names hello sa inyong lahat! it was nice meeting you! :)

grabe na 'to. as in 66 days na lang 18th bday ko na. waaaaah. i really, really, REALLY want to have a party na hindi formal tapos kakaiba, yung fun. yung fit for summer dahil april baby nga ako. minsan lang ako mag-eighteeeen. and i want to spend it that way. kaso mukhang mahirap atang ma-break ang tradition ng family namin na "hindi uso ang party-party, magtravel ka na lang or bigay ko na lang seo yung money". peroooo. perooo. iba ako. hrgrhhhhwaaa.

i think i need new clothes. yung mga damit ko iilan na lang yung talagang maayos. kung araw-araw ka ba naman magcommute tapos wala pa kayong uniform hindi ba magmmukhang luma agad mga damit mo dahil sobrang dalas mo ginagamit diba? i'm not complaining naman, wala lang. i just miss wearing new clothes. hihi. :)

yessss. mom ko na ang nagppush sa 'kin that i should really have driving lessons this summer. yehey. sana hindi na maudlot like what happened last summer. para naman at least i know that i'd be doing something productive during my one-month-or-so summer vacation. :)

my church has plans regarding things which we haven't done before pero gusto namin i-try to be able to reach out to more young people. sana matuloy 'to because i personally think that this one's a very good idea. and, there's another plan w/c would directly involve joanne marie hernandez a.k.a. jopwitee a.k.a. ME. i don't know if matutuloy 'to and i also don't know if that plan's really for me but i'm praying for it now kasi it's like i'm being led to this ministry na talaga namang na-eenjoy ko rin naman. so if god would allow, i'd be very happy to take the responsibility. if not, well there's always a next time and maybe He's still molding me para sa future, i'd be the perfect person for the job. please pray for me rin :)

dahil one week akong hindi nagblog, nobela na naman ang aking naisulat. hihi. natuwa na naman kasi ako magkwento. ;)

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

balemtayms.

this has to be the most valentine-y valentine's day i have ever had. :)

"valentine's day aren't just for romantic partners, but also for every person who gives love and receives love as well."

for almost two weeks, my bestfriend rachel and i had been planning a valentine's day date just for the two of us. of course, bestfriend-ship is also counted as one thing that could be celebrated on valentine's day. so both of us went to greenbelt 3 just to spend time together and booond. :)

with bestfriend on vday = sweetness. :)

shempre, us being typical mapili girls, we had our dinner date at fuzion cafe in gb3 at around 7 pm when in fact we arrived at makati at about 5:45 pm. we can't decide where to eat but we both had in mind that what we wanted to eat is something italian. we literally looked at every resto/cafe in all floors of gb3. nakakapagod pala 'yon. haha. towards the end of the collect-and-select phase, we both wanted to eat at italianni's. problem was, italianni's isn't located at gb3. starving to death, we didn't want to look for the resto so we both agreed to eat at fuzion cafe where they sell pasta, meat, smoothies and pica-pica food. it was also quite funny though why we chose fuzion cafe as our dinner date venue. the said cafe had cushion seats where you can put up your legs and sit in an indian sitting position. also, they had nice tables with lava lamps as their centerpiece. na-attract kami ng sobra 'coz both of us had hurting feet already. rach wanted to sit comfortably without looking impolite kase nga nakataas ang paa mo. i, on the other hand, found the lava lamp decor really nice and it seemed like a mood-setter. but we ended up having only cushion seats. tumakbo pa naman kami when we saw the table with the lava lamp vacant (not all tables had the lava lamp decor) yun pala ni-reserve. hehe.

foood. finalleh.

for our dinner, we had the potato platter (potato mojos, potato wedges, potato balls) with garlic cream sauce, garlic chicken alfredo (pasta with white sauce with yummy yummy yummy grilled chicken), mango blast smoothie (strawberry & mango) and south peach (mango, lychee, & peach). i tell you, sa lahat ng nakain namin wala as in wala kahit isa na hindi masarap. heheh. so i suggest you guys eat there. big serving pa. :)

ooohhh..sooo full..can't..breathe..

haha. grabe sobra nakakabusog we had large tummies after eating. we wanted to stay at the cushioned seats and lie down there till we fall asleep. ahaha. pero shempre hindi pwede 'coz my dad was already waiting for us near landmark to fetch us.

rach & i finally met up with my dad then we fetched my mom. it was sweet that my dad gave my mom a valentine's gift considering my dad isn't fond of giving gifts kasi tamad bumili ng gift yun. hehe. :) balentayms na balentayms talaga. :)

my valentine's day didn't end after rach & i had gone to gb3. shempre may pahabol pa yan. exciting. haha.

aaaw.. :)

nag-house crash sha sa bahay namin. it was already about 9:30 when he arrived. kasi he knew that rach and i had our date so gabi na kami makakarating sa house.

the story was funny. ang kulit. :)

when dad, rach and i fetched mom at her office, i went out of the car to greet her. when i gave her a kiss, she told me in a surprised-puzzled tone, "oh bakit di pa kayo umuwi? pupunta daw si lj sa bahay ah?"

ME: huh? diba sabe ko lalabas kami ni che?

MOM: oo, pero nagtext si lj sakin eh, dadaan daw sha ng bahay bibigyan ka daw ng flowers.

ME: aha! ok. i smell something fishy..

hehe. si momi talaga. accidental-surprise-spoiler.

pero meron pang storya yan the day before. :)

(LJ and i on the phone)

LJ: lalabas kayo ni che tomorrow noh?

ME: yup! shempre magddate kami.

LJ: so mga anong oras na kayo uuwi nyan?

ME: i duno, maybe mga gabi na rin yun. but not so late kasi may pasok pa the next day.

LJ: ah. ok. sayang may surprise pa naman sana ako. contratahin ko sana mom mo eh punta ko sa house nyo para pagdating nyo ni che galing gb3, pagpasok mo sa room dun na yung flowers and stuff.

ME: aaw ang daya mo pinlan mo yan alam mong may lakad na ko eh! (thinking 'sus! baka sweet effect lang yan, di ka naman talaga gagastos ng ganun!')

so ayun. that's why yesterday, vday, i wasn't expecting any surprise. but, i still was a bit surprised with the fact that even he knows that we're going home late, still he went on with his plan. sweet. :) pero bumaligtad. sha din ay nasurprise ko. hehe.

he was texting me saying that i tell him daw if i'm home na. so i did. i also texted him "hope u too are home" even though i already knew of the surprise. para kunyari lang di ko pa alam. hehe. he then texted me "tell me if pede ako tumawag" because he was planning of calling me sa house using the phone booth just across our house. me knowing of the surprise, i told him "ako na lang tatawag." hehe. shempre di na nya alam gagawin nya. so he just replied "pagbuksan mo na lang ako ng pinto nyo." ayun jackpot. haha. nasurprise din sha.

when i opened the door, may bumungad sakin na dennis trillo with a bouquet of flowers and cadbury chocolate. haha. :) ang sweet not because of the flowers and chocolate (though they were factors too haha) but because of the effort. :) a really busy student, nursing na magsstudent council pa and his place is miles away from mine (paranaque - project 6 qc north and south o di ba) but still he found time to exert effort in buying a really nice bouquet of flowers and buying me my favorite chocolate then travel all the way to paranaque just to deliver all these. to think na kuripot pa 'tong taong 'to minsan ako pa nanlilibre pag kumakain kami. hehe. sobrang haba naman ng hair ko. heheh. :)

basta. the greeting "happy valentine's day" wasn't just a greeting to me yesterday. it was more than that. :) thanks to the people who lovingly took time and effort to greet me or to give gifts and of course, to spend time with me. :) truly, binuhusan talaga ako ni lord ng love. i love you guys. :)

# random thougths @ 2:27 PM

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

change outfit

my blog's going to change its outfit.

the fonegirl layout just isn't going to work for me.

# random thougths @ 2:58 PM

Saturday, February 11, 2006

tamadness.

oh yeah. i haven't posted an entry about my going to the franklin graham festival last feb3, xavier school fair/concert/variety show last feb4, and franklin graham festival again last feb5. that was a weekend jampacked with activities! :) though sadly i don't have the energy to recall all that had happened. haha. just check out my multiply site and look at the photos taken, besides, pictures paint a thousand words. hehe. :)

i can just tell you that the franklin graham festival was a really great event, you'll feel blessed as well as grateful that you were there. :)

at the xavier fair, there was a fashion show, and of course, a concert featuring the hottest bands in the philippines namely kjwan, dictalicense, brownman revival, orange and lemons, urbandub, hale and bamboo. galeng galeng! and oh, if you like the details, just check out ching's blog coz it's there. haha. ching pahiram ng entry mo na yun ha ;)

so ayun. check out my multiply site okay? :D

# random thougths @ 12:46 PM

Friday, February 10, 2006

ching.

ang kaibigan kong si ching talaga. dapat yata yung mga crush niya ay may tugma sa pangalan niya. una, mahilig siya sa mga CHinito. pangalawa, she goes gaga over hale's boynextdoor CHamp lui-pio. hindi lang diyan nagtatapos, pati ang kapatid ni champ na classmate namin sa statistics ay pinatulan, si CHino. patay na patay na talaga. check out her blog, you'll know what i mean :)

on my way home earlier this afternoon, i suddenly thought of ching, of how close we were, of how she never got tired of my stories, of how she never go impatient of me ALWAYS borrowing her liquid correction pen (hehe), of her sacrificing the food she wants to eat just for us to eat and share on the superduperdamioversaserving sisig i really want so much, of her crushing on the two lui-pios, and of me wanting to give tribute to her because of the laughter and happiness she has given me since the first term. aaw. kaya lab kita ching. :)

chingchingching

i just want to extend my happiness to her when "kuya champ" replied to her on her email greeting "kuya champ" on his birthday. aaaw champ, ang cute mo na para sa kin. hehe. ambait mo pala, mukha ka lang suplado. may scar ka pa sa left eyebrow mo which makes you even cuter for me ;) haha. ramdam ko ang saya mo ching, kung si kuya naka-brown ng orange and lemons e ganon din ang gawin sa kin or kung si dennis trillo, nakaaaw tatalon talaga ako sa saya. hehe. :)

on the other hand, i also would like to extend my comfort to you chingy, dahil absent si papa chino mo ngayon sa stat. hehe. ulilang-ulila ka kanina ah. parang nawalan ka ng asawa. haha joke lang. lonely siguro yung girl na lagi niya katabi. aaw. don't worry, we'll see papa chino with the earphone stuck on his ear plus the stiff lakad plus the panicking over the sci cal on monday. heheh. :)

# random thougths @ 10:40 PM

self-reflections

the essay below is one of the first requirements given to us by our professor in my business organization subject this term. he instructed us to assess ourselves by determining our own strengths and weaknesses. i just wanted to share to you what i have written just in case you guys want to know more about me. and for those friends who already know know me, let's see if you agree on what i have written on what i think of myself.

if i were to enumerate my strengths and weaknesses, i can say that i would have a hard time describing them. sometimes i also surprise myself for acting in a way that i never thought i would in some situations. but for this paper, i would just share my strengths and weaknesses which i could say is distinctly me.

for my strnegths, firstly, i could say that i am quick to absorb academic information and lessons especially in math or in any subject involving numbers, formulas, and processes. because of this, people tend to see me as "ahead of them" and they also see me as someone whom they can approach and ask for help. secondly, i am a thinker as well as a feeler. i often know when to use my heart or head or both in dealing with other people or when making decisions. with this, i am able to understand people and situations faster than other people. thirdly, i am goal-oriented and determined. i can say that i am the type of person who works for things that i really am passionate about. even on the smallest things, like for example, if i want to go somewhere and the people who are supposed to take me to that place aren't available during that time, i am determined enough to find ways on how to get there even if it means hitching a ride from a friend or commuting. lastly, i have this constant passion to make myself have a stronger faith in our lord. because of this, i consistently monitor myself on how i say things or on how i act toward myself and other people. furthermore, because of my will to be closer to god, i practice not to lose my integrity.

for my weaknesses, firstly, though i have said that being determined is one of my strengths, sometimes this trait also becomes my weakness. because of my determination to get what i want, sometimes i tend to get into other people's way and hurt them. secondly, (i could say this with conviction) i have no sense of direction. this is the reason why sometimes i have second thoughts on trying to get somewhere i am not familiar with all by myself. my closest friends can testify that i really don't have a sense of direction. thirdly, i tend to overspend. i often try to spend wisely during the start of the week but when the middle or end of the week comes, i transform into somebody who thinks has more money than she thinks she has. sometimes though, my impulsive side would appear as early as the start of the week. lastly, i have a high sense of pride. when i have conflicts with other people, sometimes i let myself think that i am the one who is correct and therefore i should not apologize to the person i am in conflict with. towards some people, i sometimes think that i am better than them. when i suddenly feel insecure about someone, i immediately look for something not so good in him/her so that i would feel much better. also, i find it hard to admit sometimes that i have committed mistakes.

making me reflect more on my strengths and weaknesses, it has helped me understand myself more. i also have realized that all people have their own share of strengths and weaknesses that is why no one has the right to criticize anybody in a bad way. besides, we always have the opportunity to change ourselves for the better. :)

"many people think i am strong because of the hurtful struggles i have had, the problems i have encountered, the pain i have felt. but they are wrong because inside me is a weak heart, but behind it is a strong god."

there. by sharing my essay i immediately tried to work on one of my weaknesses, which is my pride. i gave up my pride just to be able to share to you some of the good and even bad things about me. ganyan ko kayo ka-love. :) hope this could be of help to you guys in understanding how i act and how i live my life.

to god be the glory. :)

# random thougths @ 10:10 PM

Thursday, February 09, 2006

excel frustration

i just have to.



WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!



excel ain't that easy pala if your prof doesn't teach! tapos she makes you answer exercises..sooo difficult..sooo painful...so brain-draining...gah.

now i know that i won't be a computer-skills-related worker in the future. my computer literacy is enough to make me survive. besides, i would be a big time entrepreneur. haha. =p

# random thougths @ 3:55 PM

hibernation

i went into hibernation mode yesterday! i slept at 4:30 pm and woke up at 9 pm. i just ate then slept again at 1030 pm then now i just woke up and it's 7 am. yay sleeping is really relaxing. it's my hobby! hehe.

by the way, congratulate me! i got my 3rd quiz results in accounting, and i got 44/48! yipee yipee. :D

good morning to all! :)

# random thougths @ 7:06 AM

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

thoughts of a jopwitee

sinulat ko sa papel nung nag-iisa ako.

it's 2:13 pm..i'm here sitting in one of the windy areas of the la salle building..got nothing to do but to wait till 2:40 for my next class. i arrived at school at 1:30 and my class was at 1. what can i say, it was really hard commuting and when i was almost close in reaching DLSU, it rained. whew. i had no umbrella. i was soaking wet and my feet were dirty, i think. had the wrong decision to wear my white slip-ons, as they get slip-prone during rainy days. i almost slipped while going down from the LRT station, i almost slipped when i was walking at the yuchengco lobby. good thing i didn't, then everyone would turn to my direction and i would get everyone's attention. i wouldn't want that. my current class would end at 2:30. but why am i not there? it's because i decided not to. why? because if i go to class i'd be really late and to add to that, i completely forgot that we have a homework in that subject. how did i remember? ching texted me that she, too, forgot to do her homework. i bet almost everyone forgot about that homework. grabeee, this is what you get pala for being alone waiting for the next class. random thoughts entertain your mind.

--> i haven't posted entries about my going to the xavier school fair/concert/variety show. even the photos aren't uploaded in my multiply yet. forgive meee friends.

--> my day yesterday was jam-packed with quizzes! i had a quiz on each of my subjects yesterday, namely comstat, relstwo and accom2a. the quizzes were A-okay! ;)

--> i am now starting to luuurve rap's porterhouse steak again sooo much. the steak-buttersauce tandem is just heavenly. =)

--> a date with my bestfriend rach on love day, nice. :)

better be going now, it's already 2:29 pm and i still have to go up the 3rd floor for my computer class. haaay blogging = pure bliss talaga. =D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAREST ABIE! =D

# random thougths @ 3:48 PM

Thursday, February 02, 2006

deep longing

i miss the slowdances..

i miss the moments when i fall asleep in your arms..

i miss the surprises..

i miss the games we play..

i miss the late night and early morning phone conversations..

i miss laughing with you till it hurts..

i miss complaining that you give too much time..

i miss the time you serenaded me on the phone..

i miss the moment when i met you..

i miss the way you first approached me..

i miss remembering you singing in a school concert and dedicating the song to me..

i miss you arriving early just to see me..

i miss seeing your goofy face..

i miss the letters..

i miss being back in your life..

i just..I JUST SIMPLY MISS YOU.

# random thougths @ 8:58 PM

trickiest and most annoying game ever!

do you want to squeeze your brains out?

tignan natin kung sinong matalino at creative. haha.

click this to play the game. shinare ni josh sakin. at first i thought it was scary, so di ko inopen kagad kasi nasa house ako nun plus gabi na ako lang mag-isa sa harap ng pc. now i'm playing the game with my blockmate kase computer class namin ngayon. haha. bad girl, playing while having class =D wala namang ginagawa kasi eh! so yun.

HELP ME WITH THIS GAME TOO!!! di ako makaalis sa level 4 as of now. :(

# random thougths @ 4:02 PM