8 important lessons in life

Another memorable post from my old blog. :P
Written on June 11, 2004




it is 6:40 am.

i have been up for 42 minutes (yes. i woke up at exactly 5:58). i must've slept way too much yesterday to be up this early. then again... i'm sick, and i LITERALLY stayed in in bed the whole day yesterday. wheee. how fun. i have approximately 20 minutes left before i absolutely have to start getting ready for my first day of class. yeaw. this is very rare.

lesson #1:
"the early bird has a 7:30 class." (in my case, an 8:30 class).
if you have difficulty waking up early, get sick the day before.

speaking of sick, everyone is sick. herm. i overheard my sister talking to a friend the other night and she said that the virus going around is something close to dengue. and EVERYONE HAS IT. it's kinda freaky. the last time something like this broke out was over a year ago... "the SARS era". our family was pretty much saved from the epidemic because of my ate's ASS (Anti-SARS Spray) devices. hehe. she bought us all mini atomizers and filled them up with alcohol. so everytime we had to eat or whatever outside the house, we had our ASSes to keep us clean.

lesson #2:
"always be prepared."
keep your ASS close to you... for it could save your life.

i have been trying to look for a room for red's MTV and good lord almighty... IT IS NOT EASY. it's a good thing though i have a considerable number of friends (a.k.a. assets and contacts) who have been helpful enough. i just found out yesterday that most of my college friends are working at ABS-CBN, and if not there, at GMA. so strange. and yet so perfect. *special thanks to pabsy, jason tabs, bryan, and acky.*
lesson#3:
"tell me who your friends are, and i'll tell you who you are...."
or at least tell you if they can help you with work.
CONFESSION: i don't think i have ever gained this much weight in my life, and this fast as well. a few weeks ago, i was into the whole losing-weight, being-all-fit-again crap. but after recent events (which have compelled me to seek happiness by eating at least 15 times a day), i found myself losing all interest in that instead. it's like, i don't care anymore how i look. it's not like it matters anyway. my mom's forcing me to work out (something she never had to do before). i was all, "should it matter how i look? i don't really care, mom...." and then she replies with a, "well I care." :o WOOOOOOOOW. someone cares. tsss... bahala na. i feel like being fat this whole year. so leave me alone. i'll start losing weight when i feel like it. right now, i don't give a f*ck if i'm a cow.
lesson #4:
depression is always a good enough excuse to gain weight... i think.
here's something i got from someone's blog... lexi's i think.
Name ONE person who comes into ur mind in each question:
1. Always makes you laugh: gabs santos
2. Always makes you angry: mom
3. Always makes fun of you: gyeb
4. Always there for you?: most of my friends are... but i think lately...? chiko
5. Always buys a present for you: ate erika
6. Always hangs out with you: herm.... dude.
7. Always smiles at you: kael
8. Always pays for you: daddy kit
9. Always drives you around: mang hen
10. Always asks homework questions: red
11. Always needs your help: red
12. Always makes you wait: mom
13. Always sleeps in class: anya villaroman
14. Always cannot make up his/her mind: hehe... i can name a few...
15. Always late for class: always late for EVERYTHING... mom.
16. Never takes a (public) bus/train/aeroplane: errr... veronica lodge?
17. Has messy hair: myke
18. Untidy: kael
19. Someone you love?: dad.
20. Last but not least... any IDOL?: Gary Valenciano. hands down.

lesson #5:
know the people in your neighborhood...
for they may come in handy when such surveys arise. (labo.)
okay. my palm alarm just went on. that means i have to take a shower now. will continue this entry later on...
U.P.... here i coooooooome....



UPDATE @ 8:20 AM (written on paper)


i am seated at the back of our classroom, waiting for ma'am grace alfonso to arrive. yebbaaaah... photography class. ;) i'm actually excited for this. seeing as i never took any formal classes in photography before, i'm thinking this course will help me "nurture my craft."

hermmm.... this classroom reminds me so much of our comm classrooms in ADMU. the only differences are the smell (this is one funky-smelling room....), and the main entrance of the room, which is now located right behind the teacher's table (incentive to avoid tardiness). an odd thing about this room though (and the whole building for that matter) is that it's a dead spot for cellular communication. how ironic to call it the "College of Mass Communication."

okay. the conversation going on between my two seatmates is just too funny... i have to share:

girl: nakita mo na ba yung shrek2?
guy: di pa nga eh.
girl: ay grabe! ang ganda niya! sobrang nakakatawa! bago kong favorite!
guy: rinig ko nga. pero di na ata pinapakita sa sinehan eh.
girl: ay talaga? sayang. funny pa naman siya. pramis.
guy: kelan mo pinanood?
girl: hah?
guy: kelan mo pinanood yung shrek? di ka naman nag-aya eh... lang hiya ka.
girl: ah... actually... di ko pa napapanood. pero nakita ko yung trailer. nakakatawa siya...
guy: eh gaga ka pala eh... pano mo naging favorite kung di mo pa napapanood?
girl: basta. favorite ko siya. hoy. ano yang picture na yan sa wallet mo?
guy: si katya santos... ganda niya noh?
girl: malaki masyado joga niya... pero pwede na din...
guy: yun nga yung okay eh.
girl: eh bakit nasa wallet mo yung picture niya?
guy: ano bang paki mo sa wallet ko??? manood ka na nga lang ng shrek!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
lesson #6:
bring palm pilot everywhere you go so as not to end up listening
to other people's conversations when bored.


so first day of class was a drag. our professor was unavailable so we ended up watching this 3-hour long film on introduction to multi-media. wah. the humanity.

as i walked to my car after class, i noticed two girls were following me.

girl A: uhm excuse me... kayo po ba si mic?
me: uhm... yes. why?
girl A: ANG GALENG GALENG MO KUMANTAAAAAAA!!!!! sobraaaaa!!!! as in idol kita!!!
(girl A starts to hold my hand while i laugh uncomfortably)
me: uhm... thank you... :blush:
girl A: pwedeng humingi ng autograph? my name's valerie, pero paki address nalang kay "Val." and this is Krystel... (she points to her friend and hands me their notebooks)
girl B: pwedeng pa-picture din?
me: uh.... sobra akong sabog ngayon eh!
girl B: sige na... pleeeease?? sa phone ko lang naman eh.
me: uhm... o sige...

shiyet. kill me now. for somewhere out there in UP, there is a girl named Krystel who has a very unflattering blackmail picture of mic.

lesson #7:
always look human before you leave the house.
you never know when there's a camera waiting to catch you on your worst day.


the QUOTE OF THE DAY comes from Ma'am Santiago (our substitute teacher today) on next week's class activities:

"You will have your first DARK ROOM EXPERIENCE next week."

that so did not sound right. i'm thinking... should i be scared for my "first dark room experience" next week...?
lesson #8:
always listen to your professors. they are very wise.


yun lang.

reminiscing...

Found this entry on my old blog. TOO FUNNY!!!

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Written on: Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:32 AM


BEING FAN #2

goooooooooooooooooooooood morning everyone!!!! i would just like to share the most wonderful picture of all time...


YES YES YES!!! it's Gary V. and his number 1 fan!!! AAAAAAAAAAACKKK!!!! [actually, number 2 fan... hehehe. read on. i am a loser.]

so yesterday, i was supposed to watch the gig of the Akafellas at Intramuros [The Filipino Festival], but my mom was like, "that's a SARS infected area, Michaela! anukabanaman?? no! you stay home and stay away from places with a lot of foreigners." so nearly devastated, i decided to stay home and hibernate. UNTIL later on in the afternoon, when she told me and my siblings, "GUYS! tara! we're all going to the Podium, have dinner at Banana Leaf Curry, and watch Johnny English!" [duh-uh mom. as if the malls aren't SARS infected or FILLED with foreigners either -- the Podium pa at that! hay. i wanted to kill her.]

but as my motto never ceases to rationalize the daily events in my life -- and that is, "Everything happens for a reason." -- i thank my mom for nagging me to death to go with them, cuz when we got there, Gary V. was having his Gary at the Movies concert!!! I WANTED TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NOTE: for the unaware, i am a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge-ass Gary V fan. the first song i ever learned and LOVED was "Wag mo na Sana", and that was like when i was 5 or 6. i grew up to his music, created dance moves pa for his songs and all that, and simply learned to love music and singing cuz of him [ew. i sound like one of them losers from MTV fanatic]. but hey... as pathetic as i may sound, its really true. this guy has been my idol since forever. hahaha. the first time i met him at his son's performance of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- thanks to rhed sandico! -- i actually cried! hahahaha. i'm so weird. ]

so going back, i was there at the concert, standing at the right side, around 10 feet away from the stage. he was singing the version i really love of "Di Bale Nalang". and while everyone else was seated, i was there [like i said, standing up] singing my heart out to the song. and suddenly, he looks at my direction, stares for a few seconds, smiles this KILLER smile, and points at me! of course for two seconds, i was thinking is he pointing at me??? IS HE FRIGGIN POINTING AT ME?!?!?!?!?! and then everyone in front just looked at my direction and smiled the "shit-you're-so-lucky-he-pointed-at-you" smile. hahaha! i swear to God! i was so happy i felt like dying already.

after the concert, me and my ate erika went in line to have our CDs signed and some pictures taken with him. while in line, we were discussing what to say to him. no wait.... actually, it was just ME being a freak, ranting and panicking over what to tell him. ate just wanted to sock me just so i'd shut up, and told me NOT TO SAY ANYTHING AT ALL cuz i sounded like a total idiot with every possible line i came up with. heehee!

moments later, our turn came. and out of nowhere, these STUPID BEYOND STUPID words came out of my mouth -- "Okay. I just have to say this to you... i know everyone says that they're you're Number 1 fan, so i'm gonna say that I'M you're Number 2 Fan . . . . [pause with my ate giving me the "i-am-sooooooooooo-gonna-kill-you-later-mic" look] . . . and my ate here is your Number 3 Fan!" [aaaaaaaaand my ate's look got worse. hahaha!].

GOOD GOD, MARIA MICHAELA VERONICA CANTERO TATAD!!!! i said THAT to my IDOL for life!!! pooooooohtek. buti nalang he ended up laughing, and said the most wonderful words... "Haha! really?? thank you, Mic! yeah... i saw you a while ago... you were standing there, singing and dancing with me. i even pointed and smiled at you. did you see?" i wanted to say, "did i see?!? did a friggin see YOU, pointing at ME?!?!?!? CRAP IT, OF COURSE I SAW!!!! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!!!!!" but then all i could do was laugh and blush as a tomato [the picture will prove it.]

*sigh*

my night was PERFECT cuz of that. i swear. i was thinking that i could die right there at that very moment. but then again.... my dream of actually performing and singing WITH him hasn't come true yet [hehehe yeah... like that'll ever EVER happen]. so until the unthinkable and the impossible becomes possible, i'll be the first to stab myself out of sheer joy for such a dream to come true.

HAHAHAHA! DAMN! i'm such a pathetic fanatic, i think i wanna take back what i just said and kill myself RIGHT NOW.

mic is reflecting.

i've been petting pups on facebook since tel reminded the other day that i have neglected rain. wahahaha. terrible mother! all good. i am now determined to redeem myself and to gain as many points as i can to make rain an ECSTATIC, PERFECTLY FED, LOVED AND ADORED SPECIALIST DOG FOR THE DEAF. hahahaha.

its not half bad. i'm finding really unique names online and they're entertaining. like... Paul De Kock, Erin Aronowitz, Yaramileth Carrejo Gironza, and Lotte Hammershoj. i saw funnier ones earlier. just can't seem to remember them anymore. :P i should start listing them down... yknow... for my future film projects. wheee.

i am surprised at how much time these people have to make their dogs reach the highest level of pet pupz-ness. i mean... its like my fourth day of trying to make rain reach a hundred over a hundred... and that's A LOT of time and effort. sigh. PEOPLE ARE BORED.

boo yah.

i need something to un-mush my brain. seriously. i mean... you'd think that with all this time i have now, i'd be coming up with a mind-blowing screenplay i can produce next year... but noooo... everything that comes out of my head is as stinky as baby vomit. shet.

john mayer is funny. you're right tel. his a fanny arse. super loved his town tour with trick double d. that was fine. OH MY GOSH... AND THE FDG WITH THE FANS!!! that totally rocked too. hahaha. not as much as the bear stint though. namatay ako dun. wahaha. LAAAME. :P



grabe. ngayon ko lang talaga napag-isipan to... na masyado palang extreme and buhay ko. i don't know why. and now that i think about it, it's always been like that... ever since i was a kid. i don't know how to have a normal life...? yun ba yun? kaya siguro bipolar ako... kasi sobrang extreme ng buhay ko.

maybe i should just be a rockstar. all of them are manic depressive anyway.

37:09 minutes of ttel

ahmishoooo!!!

no more tumor!!!

had it removed today.
it kinduv looks like a squid ball-slash-vanilla custard ball-slash- white sago-slash-macadamia nut... with strawberry drizzles. hahaha.
gross.

8 rolls of tissue later...

i finally finish season 1 of gossip girl. I. LOVE. IT. the drama and meanness and chicness and the voice of veronica mars (booohoooohoooooo!!!). no, the tissue was not used to wipe tears, but endless gallons of (sorry for this) sipon. i don't know how i got sick like this... but i'm kinda glad i did so i could watch the lives of the scandalous elite of manhattan. heehee.

i also got to finish how i met your mother... seasons 1 AND 2. watuuuuuuuup?!!?!? I LOOOOOOVE IT!!!!!!!! shet. as in. i wish i could watch it with titel cuz its so easy for us to go on HIMYM mode... suit up!!! watuuuup??? this is gonna be LEGEN... wait for it..... you better hope you're not lactose intolerant because here it comes.... d... da.... DAIRY!!!! HUWATOOOSH!!!! awww tel.... come home... :( let's drool over neil patrick and his suits!!!! sigh.

and speaking of things that are legendary... mike and i turned 3 the other day. haha. snaaap! thats quite an achievement, i think. :P



sigh. nonsense.

why so serious?

i.
can't.
wait.
:P

because i'm gross and cheesy like blue cheese...

heehee. i like this pic by pat. thanks BFF! :P
12.27.07 (kar's birdy)

commercial

i forget how much this works... not only as a tool for proper hygiene, but as a reliever of stress.

seriously.

the entire process is just amazingly de-stressing... especially at that point when you begin to peel... aaagh.... sarap. if only i can do this everyday. sigh.

thanks to whoever invented this. you're brilliant and most likely assured a slot in heaven.

happy 2008!!! :)