the freshie orientation

first two days of school = FUN!

haha. oo kinabahan din naman ako nung una eh pero salamat sa mga madaming ka-chorvahan ng mga ate at kuya naming FBCs before pa ang pasukan kaya hindi awkward ang first day. magkakakilala na kami sa mukha at meron din mga kilala mo na talaga, kaya hindi siya hard.

first day: three subjects, isa lang prof na sumipot. well, normal na daw ayon sa mga tao tao.

second day was funner. hahaha. watta word. we had the freshmen orientation and one class na hindi nanaman sinipot ng prof. but im here to blog about the freshie orientation.



orientation. a word that says :BORING. but noooooooooooooooo!!!!


haha. my freshmen orientation was fun fun fun. same goes for the rest of the freshies in UP Manila. yes, my dream school and campus. :)


the orietation started with a mass. a very solemn way to start our year. :)

then goes the program. for the program, all deans, including the chancellor and the vice chancellors, sat on stage so we could see them. first, there were various prayers lead by students from different religions, then the entrance of colors, national anthem and the fun part. haha.

the fun part:

the opening remarks by the chancellor. it was my favorite part. haha. nakakatuwa kasi, ang bias talaga ng opening remarks niya, all about UP Manila. haha. take note, the guest speaker was the faculty regent and she is from UP Diliman. Some fun lines (not exactly as they were said but it's the thought that counts. haha.)

"we all know that UP Diliman is the flagship campus but i dare say that UP Manila should be the flagship campus because it is where the university was born"

"sabi nila, you wouldn't graduate from UP nang hindi ka nakakasali sa kahit isang rally. In UP Diliman, when you rally, your audience are the trees, but in UP Manila, when you rally, your audience are the different Judges and the Justice Secretary inside the DOJ"

(talking about rallies)
uso daw talaga sa UP ang lightning rallies.
"do you know what a lightning rally is? don't worry. rallies are common in UP, in fact before this opening exercises for the freshmen ends, there would be a demonstration for you on how to properly conduct a lightning rally, so when they come in and rally, don't be scared, no need to run to the exit doors"

....true enough, after ng introduction of the speaker,may mga nag rally nga and we couldn't help but laugh. haha. kasi nagmukhang scripted eh. hahaha.


the introduction of the speaker was fun too. The speader was introduced by the chairman of the student counil.

"Someone asked, who here has the most friends on facebook? Then she(the guest speaker) stood up and waved her hand like she won the 100 million jackpot, and i couldn't accept it at that time. i couldn't believe that she broke my record of 650 friends on facebook, and so, i devised a plan. i would add her on face book and monitor her friend invites and suggestions"


marami pa nangyari but i couldn't remeber the details. antok na ko. haha.

well, there were different presentations but the best presentation was the one by the Dean of the College of Music, mistakenly introduced as the Dean of the College of Medicine. haha.

halimaw siya kumanta. tenor. :P amazing voice. inspiring.


maraming presentations. yung iba maganda, yung iba nagkalat. haha pero fun all in all.
till here. im sleepy. :)

my love of dancing...

So what is it with dancing that i love so much?? I can't tell. I can't explain. It's fun but I know it's more than that.

Well here's my little story....

I was born flat footed. My parents were worried about that because it wasn't really a good thing. So the doctor suggested that they enroll me in a ballet class for me to develop the arcs of my feet, and tada! haha. Lucky enough, there was a ballet school very near to our house.

So I was five years old at that time. I really can't remember those first few years of my ballet dancing. I was five. Haha. Through the years, I really forgot the purpose of my ballet dancing. I just liked dancing so much that I fell in love with it.

magtatagalog na ako. haha.

So, for the first few years, summer lang ako nag-eenroll tapos hindi rin ako sumasali dun sa sa annual summer recitals nila. ang mahal kasi. very expensive talaga. imagine you pay a recital fee na sobrang mahal regardless of how many performances you will have on the recital. at that time, i enrolled in ballet only so mejo expensive talaga kung magrerecital kasi at most, 2 numbers lang ang mapeperform ko.

as i grew older, nagiging aware na ako sa love ko sa pagsasayaw. why love? kasi i always knew that i wan't the best dancer present in that school, or even in a ballet class. plus.. my body, my weight and my feet. i was chubby(para cute pakinggan), i was heavy and my feet/legs were turned in(ballet requires feet turned out) and they were flat(pointing my feet was very hard for me) but i still look forward to always attend my ballet class.

i think i was 9 or whatever, i can't remember my exact age when i started enrolling even during the school year. during the school year., ballet classes are scheduled every saturday. that was the time na nag enroll na din ako sa ibang dance classes, namely modern jazz and hawaiian. it became more expensive. so my mom and i had a deal, i'll stop my dancing when i reach highscool. i said yes, i didn't know that it was going to be hard for me.

and so, of course dumating yung panahong maghhayskul na ko, but i didn't stop dancing. i never remembered convincing my mom na magcontinue ako sa dancing ako. i think it just happened.

during highschool, i was already one of the seniors in the ballet school. it was fun. i still wasn't the best dancer among us. hindi ako yung tipong binibigyan ng solo parts or palaging napupuri during class. ako yung tipong, tinutulungan para makahabol. yung tipong pagdating sa turns, perfect na nila ang triple pirrouette pero sinsimulan ko palang aralin ang double pirrouette. ako pa nga yung biggest samin eh. i was always conscious with my figure when i dance. but i just enjoyed.

then, came the time na kelangan na talaga mag stop. hindi rin hiningi ni mama sakin na magstop na, i just knew i had to. it was sacrifice. more on this later... my last summer recital was may 2008. just before my last year in highschool. it is hard and sad but i really had to let it go.

so that was the story, but there is more to that.



as i danced my way through the years, i already forgot why i was dancing ballet but dancing was a real blessing to me.. being an only child, it was the first way for me to step out of my shell and say  hello to the world.

before dancing, hindi ako maingay. promise! haha. ako yung batang hindi talaga magsasalita at uupo na lang sa isang tabi sa isang event dahil nahihiya ako. ako yun. ako yung tipong kahit mawawala na ako, iiyak na lang ako pero hindi talaga ako magtatanong o kakausap ng kahit na sinong tao. dancing was the first step for me to socialize. aside from school, tinuro sakin ng pagsasayaw kung pano makikisama sa iba't ibang uri ng mga tao. dancing was a wonderful way to learn that.

also, dancing taught me how to be independent. here's how.. sa recitals namin, ang mga babies and little girls, pwede pa magsama ng mga parents or yayas sa backstage to fix their things, hair, costumes, do their make-up, help them change clothes and stuff like that pero pag mejo ate ka na, mga 10 siguro, hindi na pwede. natuto ako mag - ayos ng gamit, ayusin ang sarili kong buhok, put on make-up, do very quick changes, yung tipong after ng dance mo, 3 mins performance lang, tapos may sayaw ka na ulit. ganon. it helped me be the independent person i am now.


another wonderful thing is that dancing taught me to appreciate my blessings. how? i am an only child, i learned that if i wasn't, i wouldn't have experienced what i am talking about now, dancing. it came to my senses back then na it was something special, a gift that may parents granted me for a long time. kung baga, ito na yung pinaka luho ko sa buhay.

in connection to that, dancing taught me to work for what i wanted.. two ways.. first: kahit na only child ako, i wasn't a spoiled one. so noon, if i wanted to join the recital or enroll in an additional dance class, i had to work for it. for example, i had to get a medal or maintain my ranking in school or get promoted in my ballet class. second: persevering for my own improvement. si mama kasi, stage mother. supportive pagdating sa mga ganitong bagay. always proud when im on stage. so she always pushed me to improve my dancing skills so i would look better on stage.

dancing also gave me a wonderful privilege: to perform on stage. and not just a stage. stage lang naman ng Cultural Center of the Philippines. both the little theater, and the big theater (nicanor abelardo theater). when im on stage, it was love, it was a dream, it was a fulfillment, it was heaven for a dancer like me.


siyempre here goes the hard part.

dancing taught me sacrifice and discipline. technically, it taught me to sacrifice my time. lots of time. time with my family and time to rest. hindi lang yun. noon, strict ako sa food ko. sacrifice those delicious fatty foods. hahaha. well more of discipline on that. discipline was very important.


well dancing made me do a very big sacrifice. when i felt that it was almost time to stop, i couldn't even think of it. it was a personal decision,  not something na pinilit akong gawin.

during highschool, YFC was a big part of my life and i had to balance my extra time between YFC and dancing. i had to choose. it was hard. why? for some time, dancing was my passion, as a little girl i told my mom that when i grow up, i would be "The Dancing Doctor"..(even as a child, i had crazy dreams).

i really don't know what made me do it but it just happened. my heart was really called to YFC. i cried over it. that was how i loved dancing. and now, i look at my friends pictures, and i miss the fun and all the things that i experiece and learn with dancing. i just cried over it all over again.

sabi nga nila, i could still dance, yes of course. but it's different now though. i want to go back to my beloved ballet school and be with them and do it all over again but i know God was with me when i made my decision, so i know it is His plan.




its too long. i have to end this.
i love dancing and will always do.
the memories will forever be with me. :)

twinkle twinkle super STARS!

one thing about me.. i have a problem with letting go and moving on.. but this feeling i have right now.. it's definitely something i don't want to let go.. come on.. it's the STAR SHouT fever!!

haha. parang emo lang yung start noh. echos lang. :P

katulad nga ng sabi ko kay ate tin, matindi pa 'to sa influenza a(h1n1). haha. grabe kasi kung tamaan lahat ng nagpunta sa SHouT. dito pa lang sa multiply eh, from looking at the pictures, to commenting on them, to laughing alone in front of the pc, to reminiscing everything you experienced, talagang nakaka-high sa feeling diba?.. :)


last night, ka-chat ko si kuya sonny. tapos kinamusta niya ako. kamusta daw ang after shout ko.. at sabi ko.. eto, di parin makaget over.. sabi naman niya, oo nga daw, lahat nga daw tayo ay napakasaya.. i guess it goes on for everybody who was there.. even after going home, we still have that amazing, sparkling smile on our faces.

personally kasi for me, ang hindi ko talaga ma-get over is yung joy and love na natanggap ko sa SHouT na yun. plus plus plus plus plus the FUN. of course! who would not forget the fun diba??

siyempre hindi rin mawawala ang mga technical na bagay na natutunan natin plus the bonggang bonggang exam, na talaga namang nakapag pa information overload sa ating mga utak.. pero despite na nakaka internal hemorrage talaga yung pagka technical ng mga bagay na yun, those are the things na talaga namang magiging helpful sa pag-eevangelize natin ng mga youth in our areas right? and i guess it helped us enhance what we already know rin. additional information ba. :)


at sino bang hindi makakalimot sa memory verses.. na hindi naman talaga natin tuluyan namemorize.. haha.

of course, sinong hindi makakatanda sa adventure camp?.. it was a learning experience that was at the same time fun. dito, marami tayong natutunan. mula sa pag mementor natin, sa pagendure, hanggang sa pagtulong, hanggang sa pagencourage, at ang walang katapusang asaran sa magkabilang team.. :)


and syempre, hindi ganito ka-meaningful ang experience ng lahat kung wala yung mga espesyal na tao na gumabay sa atin along the way.. :) special thanks to these people who offered their time and lives to serve God and His people.. :)




well SHouT fever is about to fade now.. pero kahit tapos na, marami namang maiiwan sa mga puso natin and after all, what was important was the experience that God let us have.. and the relationships the we have built. kahit magkakalayo na tayo ngayon, alam natin na kahit san pa tayo sa calabarzonmi magpunta, may isa tayong kapatid dun na tatanggapin tayo. at ngayon, mas confident nating haharapin ang mga pagsubok na darating kasi alam natin na somewhere in calabarzonmi, there's someone praying for us.. :)





i love and miss you STARS! Godbless everyone!