"While waiting for the right person to come, have fun with the wrong ones!"

Amazing Greece

2005-07-15T18:15:12Z

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...

Hmmm...

2005-05-30T01:45:19Z

Ang feeling mo. Oo na tama ka na. Pero ang feeling mo pa rin.

Pera o Puri?

2005-04-03T14:10:58Z

Tagal ko na 'ring hindi nakakapagpost dito... Anyway, I'll share with you guys something that I have posted at the UAPChorale yahoogroups...

Subject:

[uapchorale] Tip on how to come up with the much needed Php 90,000.00 >>> For GUYS

Last Thursday I went to power-up to train. So after training there, at around 1130 pm, I decided to visit my Bestfriend Barista at Starbucks Pearl Drive, coz he was on duty there til 2 am. Since it's just near, and I didn't wanna spend another 10 bucks juz to get to Pearl Drive, I decided to walk. OOPS!!! Wrong decision!!! When I was already at Red Ribbon, I realized, "Shit!!! I have to pass by Gold Loop!!!" Haha pagkakataon nga naman... During those times I was just wearing a sleeveless shirt, jeans, and mojo sandals... Noong nasa Gold Loop na ako, A Toyota Corolla stop right beside me. Hindi ko ito pinansin. Parang pinapakiramdaman nya ako kung pupunta ba ako sa tapat ng bintana nya at magtanong ng "You wanna party?" or something like that... Dahil hindi ko sya pinansin, dumiretso ito. After that, I bystander talked to me and said, "Boy san ka?" I, being polite, pointed to the direction where I was going. He then said, "Dito muna tayo." I didn't mind him, and just walked away habang sinusutsutan nya ako. WAAAAH!!! Guys it's your choice... Puri o Pera??? HAHAHA!!! LESSON: Wag maglakad sa Gold Loop ng mag-isa habang naka jeans at sleeveless na shirt. Pero pwede din. Para may pang shopping sa Greece. At may pang pasalubong pa! hehe... - OCVenida67

EQ po... :D

2005-03-07T04:45:04Z

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.

What's Your EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)?

These past few days...

2005-03-02T17:04:05Z

...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

Stolen from Cay... =) Tama!!! :D

2005-02-25T17:33:18Z

hand holding - you like to be in constant physical
contact with your special someone but you don't
want to take things too quickly.

What Sign of Affection Are You?
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Stolen from Tin

2005-02-25T17:21:03Z

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

What Gender Is Your Brain?

Paranoia

2005-02-25T05:02:19Z

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...

My Week...

2005-02-25T04:58:34Z

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...

ocv678 @ 2005-02-07T00:19:00

2005-02-06T16:31:38Z

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...

****

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

HAHAHA!!! Teenager paren ako!!! :D

2005-02-01T16:53:08Z

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.

What Age Do You Act?

Asteeg...

2005-01-29T11:04:40Z

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.

Take Eysenck Personality Test (similar to EPQ-R)
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Para sa mga SINGLE (OI TEEJAY! HAHA...)

2005-01-24T01:39:31Z

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.

ocv678 @ 2005-01-23T22:45:00

2005-01-23T14:45:51Z

You Are a Golden Retriever Puppy

Tolerant, fun-loving, and patient.
You are eager to please - and attached to your frisbee.

What Breed of Puppy Are You?

My cool weekend...

2005-01-16T14:46:18Z

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...

***

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...

***

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...

Today's the day....

2005-01-13T17:04:18Z

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

People Come, People Go...

2005-01-10T06:31:13Z

And there's nothing we can do about it. They just do... We all do...

My Trip To ATC

2005-01-09T16:20:26Z

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

My Holidays

2005-01-03T16:49:27Z

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...

CHAMPIONS AT LAST!!!

2004-12-11T19:25:34Z

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

YEHEY!!!

2004-12-07T17:46:38Z

I'm not supposed to be updating my journal today, since I havn't done yet my homework for Pasadilla and I still hav econmet tomorrow at 1030. I don't have eviews yet (still downloading it), so I can't do my HW anyway. hahaha... How was my day? GREAT!!! WE PLACED FIRST IN OUR DIVISION IN THE COMPETITION THAT THE CHORALE JOINED IN PASIG! (shit ang daming in!!! hehehe pakirephrase nalang...) That means that we qualified for the finals to be held this saturday! :D sana tuloy-tuloy na 'to... all the way to being the new champs!!! :D But I wasn't really that jubilant when we took first place earlier. For me that's nothing. Well I was happy, but not that jubilant. For me the real competition is on saturday, wherein we will face the champions of the other divisions, and the defending champion. I just hope that we'll be able to take that one.

Bad trip my room's so dusty!!! may gnawa kse na construction dito knina... nagliha sila then pintura.. allergic pa naman ako sa dust... grrr...

Confession

2004-12-05T14:52:35Z

It's been a long while since I last went to confession. It has been 2 years??? Well I do believe in confession. I do believe in catholic faith, but the thing is, i'm not practicing it. I don't really go to mass every sunday. Tinatamad ako eh... It's not that I don't believe in going to masses or to confession, or in praying every night. It's just that I feel distant to God right now. Well, what's the sense of going to confession if I know that I'm gonna repeat my sins over and over again right? Before going to confession, I want to be really sorry for my sins. Hindi naman ako plastic eh. But I'm not... Ewan ko... pero I think I should make the effort to be closer to Him. And that will only be if I go to confession. And I think that's the only thing that will give me peace of mind...

New email / friendster account! :P

2004-12-05T14:22:29Z

Tagal ko nang hindi nakakasulat dito ha... hehe.. anyway, I just made my new friendster account. Full na kse yung isa eh. So because of that, i had to make another email add. astig, i was able to find another site which offers 1 gb email for free. Wanna check it out? just go to www.walla.com... ang galing. So there, i have a 1 gb email account, and it's not gmail! and i'm proud of it! hehe... pero, anong gamit saken nun? feeling ko wala, pang friendster lang. hehe... So guys, para naman may friends ako sa friendster, add nyo ocv678@walla.com... hehe :P

Oo nga pala..

2004-11-30T03:32:57Z

May cutie akong nakilala sa power-up. Pagkakaalam ko BF nya yung isa sa mga mutant... nde ko alam kung sya din mutant... hayup ang cute nya talaga... :P hehe... bad trip nga lang full na friendster account nya!!! hehehe

I'm Back...

2004-11-30T03:10:07Z

...from Ilocos. I've been there these past three days. Well anyway the trip was okay. actually we just went to ilocos to eat and sleep!!! hehehe well nothing much happened. Went to a mass in which we couldn't understand a thing. Astig din... may broken pew sa harap ko, and i was watching how people sat there, not knowing the pew's broken and then ayun... you could have seen the look in their faces... parang wow mali! hehe... i tried to warn them pero ang hirap! nde cla makaintindi ng tagalog eh...

Anyway ayun, we went to Lapog, then to my Lola's bday, then to Vigan. Bought pasalubong there. Grabe hirap mamili ng pasalubong! hehe dunno kung baket ako nahirapan...

Anyway, to sum up everything, we went to ilocos to pig out and watch movies... hehehe