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| Amazing Greece |
[16 Jul 2005|01:37am] |
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Last July 10, at around 10:00 PM (GMT +2), the winners of the 23rd International Choral Competition in Preveza was announced. Hooray!!! We bagged 7 awards!!!
- CATEGORY A: MIXED CHOIR (had the most number of competing choirs) - Gold medal (having scored 90++), 1st place award, Special Award for Best in Folk Song Interpretation
- CATEGORY B: MIXED CHAMBER CHOIR - Gold medal, 1st place award
- CATEGORY C: EQUAL VOICES - We are not qualified to join this category (for all male/female choirs lang ito eh...)
- CATEGORY D: CHILDREN'S CHOIR - Hehe malamang nde din kme qualified dito
- CATEGORY E: MIXED YOUTH CHOIR - Gold Medal, 1st place award.
Astig!!! pero those awards are not the reason why we consider our Greece Trip amazing. Amazing yung trip because of the friends that we gained there... Because we were able to touch their hearts even though may language barrier. The people there also touched our hearts so much that it was very hard for us to leave Preveza. Sobra... si Ms. Minchin, A.k.a Principal, yung mataray na greek old maid na may ari ng hotel na hindi nakakaintindi ng english naiyak noong sumasakay na kme sa bus going to Athens. Most of us cried while singing "Irish Blessing" to Daddy, yung owner ng store na kinakainan namen once a day... pati rin si Daddy naiyak, kahit he doesn't understand the lyrics... Pati rin si Yota, our guide, cried when we were boarding the bus. We also made a lot of friends from other Choirs... nakakamiss yung kakulitan nila... And dun lang kme nakakabati ng kahit na sino sa kalye, kahit nde namen sila kilala... and pati rin sila, ganun samen... Ibang klase... And meron pang nangyari na miracle... In the competition, when we were about to sing the Alleluia part of "O Magnum Mysterium", the church bells rang... grabe nakakatindig daw ng balahibo... sobrang coincidence... La lang... I will definitely not forget every single day that we were in Preveza...
P.S. Nakakamiss na din yung crush ko, Denise from Turkey... hahaha...
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| Hmmm... |
[30 May 2005|09:44am] |
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Ang feeling mo. Oo na tama ka na. Pero ang feeling mo pa rin.
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| Pera o Puri? |
[03 Apr 2005|10:06pm] |
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Tagal ko na 'ring hindi nakakapagpost dito... Anyway, I'll share with you guys something that I have posted at the UAPChorale yahoogroups...
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| EQ po... :D |
[07 Mar 2005|12:43pm] |
Your EQ is |
127
50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick!
51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese.
71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely.
91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that.
111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt.
131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin.
150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar. |
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| These past few days... |
[03 Mar 2005|12:52am] |
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...have been good for me. Astig, yung pagkahothead ko nababawasan... Whenever I drive, hindi na umiinit ulo ko... relax lang... hindi humahataw... And whenever I play billiards and lose, it's okay... kahit na may bayad... hahaha... Right now I'm starting to take things lightly... Actually that's the problem with me. Most of the times I've been taking it to hard on myself. Lately ko lang na rerealize. Not only with the way I do things, but also with the way I handle my relationships with the people around me. (shit english yun ha... tama ba? hehe) Right now whenever bad things happen, I just let it be... And I'm happy.. and beer lang katapat nyan... hahaha... Yosi, right now tumigil na naman ako... it's been 4 days... hahaha... gano naman kaya katagal this time? :D anyway, may song ako na trip ever since dati... Astig yung lyrics... Parang para saken talaga... :D Kelangan kong pakinggan to ng madalas... :D
Chris Cornell - Sunshower
Dark as roses, and fine as sand
I feel your healing in your sting again
I hear you laughing and my soul is saved
On forgotten graves you cry
Crawl like ivy up my spine
Through my nerves and into my eyes
Cuts like anguish
Or recollections of better days gone by
But it's alright
When you're all in pain
And you feel the rain come down
Oh, it's alright
When you find your way
Then you see it disappear
It's alright
Though your garden's grey
I know all your graces
Someday will flower
In the sweet sunshower
In the sweet sunshower
Eyes like oceans so far away
Feathered trails to a better way
Worried mornings turn into days
And into worried nights
But it's alright
When you're all in pain
And you feel the rain come down
Oh, it's alright
When you find your way
Then you see it disappear
It's alright
Though your garden's grey
I know all your graces
Someday will flower
In the sweet sunshower
In the sweet sunshower
In the sweet sunshower
I know all your graces
Someday will flower
In the sweet
In the sweet sunshower
And it's alright
All you feel you are today
Are today
It's alright
All you feel
Are today
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| Stolen from Tin |
[26 Feb 2005|01:20am] |
Your Brain is 40.00% Female, 60.00% Male |
You have a total boy brain
Logical and detailed, you tend to look at the facts
And while your emotions do sway you sometimes...
You never like to get feelings too involved |
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| Paranoia |
[25 Feb 2005|12:59pm] |
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I still dunno how she took the letter... I'm afraid that it made matters worse... I dunno... Well the good thing is, I was able to tell my side... Right now everything depends on her... I just hope it's the right thing to do...
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| My Week... |
[25 Feb 2005|12:41pm] |
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This week has been very eventful for me... ang daming nangyari... cge isa-isahin naten...
Tuesday:
I went to school to study for my econometrics exam the next day and to go to the Chorale rehearsals. I brought the letter with me, I was supposed to give it to her that day. I was in the Ejercito Library trying to study for econometrics. When I went to the CR, somebody stole the letter... Maybe he/she thought that it was money, cause it's in a small brown envelope, parang yung ginagamit sa payroll... GRRR!!!! THERE GOES MY PERSONAL LIFE!!! So when I came home, I made another one...
Wednesday:
I gave her the letter... Dunno how she took it though... I don't even know if she read it.... hahaha... then in the afternoon I took the exam in econometrics... The weird thing is, I FOUND THE EXAM EASY!!! I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO FINISH IT... It's weird, cause that exam was supposed to be hard!!!
- It was Pasadilla's exam!!! She talked to me last week and told me that the exam will not be as easy as the first one... EH NANGAMOTE NGA AKO SA FIRST, WHAT MORE SA SECOND???
- Even Stephen Huang (A professor in UA&P-IEP) can't answer the exam...
Fuck... I dunno... I just hope I pass the exam...
Thursday:
Went to powerup... Trained and Drank afterwards... Sort of despidida kse ni Paul. Naka 5 bottles of beer (SML) ako. Weird lumalakas na ako uminom... Dati kapag 4 na bote yoko na gumegewang na ako... ngayon 5 parang wala paren... hahaha... Nyway Paul's gonna be leaving to US tomorrow, for good... I'm gonna miss that guy...
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Just came from rockwell... May event kse ang YECCI at ang UAP-SCV. daming ginawa... eto
eto:
1. Nagbreakfast sa Mcdo ng quarterpounder meal na go big time (libre kasi)
2. Tumunganga sa ateneo law school parking lot
3. Nagset-up ng wall para sa speed climbing competition
5. Kumain ng Mcspaghetti and mcchiken meal at go big time na drink (libre kasi)
4. Nagcarting
5. Nangulelat sa carting competition
6. Nagbelay ng mga climbers
7. Nagbelay for the climbing competition
8. Nagtimer sa competition
9. Nagbelay ulit
10. Kumain ng Chicken Mcnuggets meal na go big time at spaghetti, at kumain ng peach orange sundae na lasang chokies (libre nga)
11. umuwi at nagCR... hehe...
Nakakapagod... at ganun pala feeling ng kumain ng mcdo ng isang buong araw... grabe mejo nakakasawa. mejo
lang naman...
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I'm still thinking of her... Been thinking of her the whole day... actually the whole week... ummm... month???? i dunno... Dunno why... Dunno how... Didn't really expect to fall for her... I just did... I just hope that I won't fall hard this time... :D
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| HAHAHA!!! Teenager paren ako!!! :D |
[02 Feb 2005|12:52am] |
You Are 16 Years Old |
16
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
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| Asteeg... |
[29 Jan 2005|07:05pm] |
| Eysenck's Test Results | Extraversion (69%) moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.
Neuroticism (50%) medium which suggests you are moderately worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious.
Psychoticism (55%) medium medium which suggests you are moderately self interested, willful, and difficult, while still respecting the well being of others.
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| Para sa mga SINGLE (OI TEEJAY! HAHA...) |
[24 Jan 2005|09:36am] |
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This is an inspiring article for everyone especially
the singles...
All your life, you had specific dreams about what
your family life would be like when you finally
married.
You were so intent on what you wanted; you even
made a list of qualities and characteristics you
were
looking
for in a spouse, in a home, in your job, in your
children.
But time passed, and that person you were so
intent on didn't come along. All of your friends
married, had children, had beautiful homes. And
still
you were single.
You prayed and prayed and prayed for that person
to come along, but nothing happened.
You had a good job.
You served in your church.
You spent daily time with the Lord in prayer and
studying the Word.
You dedicated your life to serving God in every
way possible, but still nothing.
So you decided to take matters into your own
hands, and you began an active search for a mate.
And within a short period, you met someone who
almost fit the bill.
Almost.
Sure, there were a few things missing, a few
rusty spots in that person's character.
But, after all, no one is perfect. Maybe your
goals were too high.
Maybe you'd been asking for the impossible.
Maybe this was the person God wanted for you so
your character could grow through dealing with his
or
her failings.
To the single folks out there, this is for you.
Single means you have the time to grow and be
the person you want to be.
Single gives you space to grow. Sometimes, it is
harder to grow when
you are too close to someone. Trees are planted
far apart so they can
spread their branches and become strong as they
mature.
Single means learning to live by yourself.
However, that is no more difficult than learning
to live with somebody else.
Single means freedom. You are free to spend a
week's vacation on the
beach, to take computer courses, to work late on
an interesting project, to spend the day in bed with
a
good book or simply with a person who has read
one.
Single means learning not to need a man/woman
to make your life meaningful but learning to live
with a
man/woman because you want to be with him/her.
Single means that sometimes you will wonder why
you will bite your lip and feel wistful and wonder if
marriage is better.
Ironically, yet quite happily, single is feeling good
about being in control of your life.
It is liking and respecting who you are and why
you are.
Single is realizing that being married is not
necessarily better, it is merely different.
Single means that there could be something
wonderful
around the corner and you can take advantage of it.
Being single means you are free to love again.
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[23 Jan 2005|10:45pm] |
You Are a Golden Retriever Puppy |
Tolerant, fun-loving, and patient.
You are eager to please - and attached to your frisbee.
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| My cool weekend... |
[16 Jan 2005|10:19pm] |
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This weekend has been great!!! Ummm these past few days, I bought CDs of NBA Live 2005. I wasn't contented with it, so I decided to buy a new gamepad. And since I was anticipating that I'll go to montalban today, I bought pants for rock climbing. So that's 200 + 850 + 800 = Php 1850!!! Wow gastos ko!!! I treated Teejay to dinner pa... hmmm... sa bagay, I havn't bought anything for myself this Christmas. So that's for my very late christmas shopping, I guess...
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I just came from Montalban. Did some real rock climbing there. It was so cool!!! I really enjoyed it!!! hahaha... When we came there I realized that I'm really not an outdoor person. First of all, I'm afraid of heights!!! that's why I had trouble trekking, and I can't even cross the suspension bridge fast enough! Secondly, I also used to have a phobia on water (mga swimming pool po ha, at dagat, at, kung hindi man obvious, mali po kayo. Naliligo ako...) It took me a long to overcome that fear. Ayun, kaya sobrang nakakatawa ako kanina. And oo nga pala, this reminds me, I ought to kill Paul one of these days. He made me climb Slayer, a hard route. And he knows that it's my first time to climb outdoors!!! God SOBRANG TAAS!!! NAKAKALULA!!! hehe... anyway enjoy naman. I enjoyed very much the company of Paul, Koji, Khevin, Simon, Ate Marie, Fats and Robert. I was only able to climb twice. Grabe, each and everytime I go down from the wall, sobrang nanginginig ako!!! PARA AKONG SI PAUL KAPAG NAKAKITA NG PALAKA!!! hehe... ayun po...
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Last Friday I took the employment exam of P&G. At first I thought I was scheduled at 1130. So I went there at around 1115. But the test admin told me that actually, I was scheduled at 1000!!! but she told me it was okay... So I took the exam. I was supposed to finish it in 65 mins. I wasn't able to. When I ran out of time, I was only answering #38 of 50!!! So she gave me an extension, up to 1:00. That was supposed to give be about 20 mins of extra time. She left me there, and I continued answering. When I finally finished all the numbers, I waited for awhile, and then went out of the testing room and told the receptionist that I'm already finished. When I looked at the time, it was already 120 pm!!! but the test admin didn't seem to mind after all (uhhh... is that good or bad???) I just hope I pass that exam...
I dunno, maybe I'm pressuring myself to work as soon as I can, because right now, my dad has no job. And with his age, finding one is not that easy. Oh well, I hope everything goes well for me...
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[14 Jan 2005|12:57am] |
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Well later, at 11:30, I'll be at Proctor and Gamble, taking their employment exams. I heard it's quite hard. I just hope I pass that exam. I dunno... I've always wanted to work there. And right now, I feel pressured. I wanna have a decent job right after I graduate. Maybe I'm pressuring myself 'cause my dad doesn't have a job right now. I wanna make myself useful. I don't wanna depend on my mom anymore. Right now, I just wanna help them. And being able to make my own money is a way. Oh well... I guess I havta do good later. Maybe grabbing a cup of coffee first before taking the exam would help. And if I think I failed the exam, smoking a couple of cigs, just a couple, won't hurt. hahaha
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| My Trip To ATC |
[10 Jan 2005|12:05am] |
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I just got home. Came from Criz's place. We went to ATC. Went to coffee bean. Grabe para akong probinsyano sa ATC! it's been awhile since I last went there. Layo kse from my place. Anyway it's also the first time I met Crizelle for more than a year. Astig!!! Well namiss ko din yun!!! tagal ko sya nde nakita eh... Ayun feeling ko ikakahiya na ako ni Criz... I was so loud kse kanina... hahaha... Ewan, nakuha ko ata sa chorale. =) hmmm... Basically that's about it. =)
Oo nga pala, we went to Human kanina. I was checkin if they had any new cool shirts that I can buy. I saw one, pero wala ng size!!! GRRR!!! hehehe nakakahiya din kse the shirt that I was wearing was still on display earlier. Para tuloy akong #1 fan ng human. :P
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| My Holidays |
[04 Jan 2005|12:29am] |
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It has been a while since I last updated my LJ... wala lang, tinatamad ako lately eh... hehe... Well the past month has been good to me. At last, the UA&P Chorale has won it's first championship. The experience was really good, especially for the old chorale members who've been thirsty for that first victory. Aside from that, the chorale members became closer than ever. Now, we're not only members of the UA&P chorale - we've turned into a family.
My holidays were good. Did nothing but eat.... hehehe.... That's why I'm a fatso right now... Shit... Now I have to train like a horse... (again!!!!)
Well basically, I became closer to a lot of people these past few days... There's Jai, Sabs, and Judith... Asteeg... feeling ko lately ang dami kong friends...
I've learned how to play bowling too!!! hahaha!!! Well, I suck, but my Titos and Titas think that I have potential... And I can bowl using either my right or my left arm! cool!!!
On the other hand, my cellphone broke down last new year's eve... That sucked, cause I had to transfer manually my contact list to the phone that i'm using right now (which is 8210, by the way... Kakabadtrip!!! ang hirap magtext!!!). And one of my uncles pissed me off earlier. He's so bossy... he acts as if he doesn't have his own hands and feet. And i'm not the type of a the person whom you can boss around. Especially if you are a guy... hahaha...
Anyway, leaving that aside, on the general, the past few weeks have been good to me. And I'm very much thankful for each and everyday that God gave me lately. Oh well, tomorrow I'm going to school to study... Back to reality.... haaay...
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| CHAMPIONS AT LAST!!! |
[12 Dec 2004|03:21am] |
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YAHOO!!! I just got home. Came from the Miriam's place. The chorale went there after the competition, in which we were crowned as the champions!!! WOOHOO!!! hehe so after that, I decided to make my first entry in the "chorale diaries". So here it goes...
Hi guys!!! This is my first time to write here in the "Chorale Diaries". Yehey at last, WE WON!!! after 2 frustrating competitions, we finally did it!!! :D I've really been waiting for this moment, and at last, after 2 years, we did it!!! This is just the start. It'll definitely not end there. The Chorale will be winning many more competitions. They will be performing all over the world, be it Asia, America, Australia, or Europe. And thus, they'll be able to touch the hearts of a lot people all over the world.
I'm gonna be graduating this schoolyear. At least, before I graduate, I've been able to help the chorale achieve this level. But the sad thing is, after graduating, I'm not sure if I'll still be able to give as much time and effort as I give to the chorale right now (though I'm regularly late.... hahaha... toink). Well anyway, I'm so proud that I've become a part of this group. I've said to Dewi that they are very lucky cause in the first competition that they joined, they were able to get a W right away (Champions pa nga eh). But perhaps, maybe our batch was more lucky than theirs. We have been through a lot. We were the ones who sang the bass version of Vecchie letrose (sobrang baba kasi... Master wasn't able to sleep that night... wawa naman...). We were the ones who trained for our first competition for a week without master (cause he went out of the country with Novo and joined a competition there, in which they won the grand prize), and lost. We were the ones who got so very frustrated cause we thought we at least placed third in the second competition that we joined, but we ended up with nothing. We were the ones who were asked by someone, "So, how's the competition?" so one, or some of us told her, "hindi po kami nanalo." then she replied, "'Yan kasi..." HUWATTT!!!! We were the ones who always needed the help of other guys from other choirs in order to be able to sing in public. Our batch were the ones who only had 1 tenor and 2 basses present each time we practice. We were the ones who depended very much on the showmanship of Ikey every time we perform. Anyway, my point is, we've been through a lot. And I guess the experience that we had with the chorale made us grow, not only to be better singers, but to be better persons as well. In that line of thinking, I guess our batch can be considered as the lucky ones after all. :D
CONGRATS PO ULIT SA CHORALE!!! GREECE NA 'TO!!! YAHOO!!!
- OCVenida67
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