some people can be soooo inconsiderate

ok, adding to the list of things i hate...

i told myself last friday that i would not let my laziness overcome me this weekend. i would go to the gym saturday morning and spend the entire afternoon studying for my RLE midterms, our bedmaking return demo and my health care exam.

what did i actually do? i slept til noon. had lunch. watched tv. took a 3-hour nap (nap?) then watched tv again.

then my sister came home. she had her org's candidates' profile photocopied. initially, she had planned to do it differently, but due to some... uhm... people, she had to change her plans, change the layout, and rush the profile for monday's miting de avance.

intially, she was told that not every answer given by the candidates need to be included in the profile. that is why she alloted a page the size of half a bond paper for each candidate. some (actually, a lot of) days later, the one who gave her that instruction changed her mind, so she had to change the layout.

additionally, she had to wait for the requirements of other candidates (some of which came in 2 weeks after the announced deadline, saturday afternoon, 2 days before the profiles were needed... and it's a weekend so it's quite difficult to find a printer to do it).
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these are the things im ranting about today (because i don't care that i didn't get to study. im actually glad to have found an excuse not to...).

i mean, if you're running for an important position for an org, the least you can do is to submit your requirements on time to give everyone at least an impression of you being responsible.

come on, if you can't do something as simple as sending your picture or your profile or your answers to the questionnaire on time when you have been given a couple of days to do it, how would you be able to make quick, important decisions for the org? how can you attend meetings that get scheduled, cancelled, and rescheduled (and more often that not, you are given only a couple of hours notice if you're lucky) if you are not flexible? how could you devote yourself it if you feel that you're doing too much and you can't drop whatever that is you're doing for some org-related matter?

ok, given that your priority is your studies, but if you can't handle your time well, then what business have you running for office? how do you expect to fulfill your academic requirements and your org responsibilty for one entire year, if you can't do it even for a day?

i just get so frustrated because i loved that org but as i see it, it's going nowhere.
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our term as officers was not perfect. we had a lot of kinks that we had to work out, we made some decision-making mistakes, we failed to foresee some crisis that could have been prevented, but given the condition of the org prior to our term, i would say we did a pretty good job. and i was honestly hoping that the improvement would continue.

i don't know how much problems they encountered this year, but i actually believed in the capacity of most (NOT all) of the officers. (start pa lang, i heard some bad feedback na agad e)

responsible leaders inspire their members (whereas irresponsible ones disgust everyone... how would you like to work for an indecisive, easily manipulated person who can't be firm and make up his/her mind). strong leadership encourages loyal, hard-working supporters.
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oh, i didn't get to study saturday night because i helped my sister finish the profiles (which was actually ok because i don't feel like studying, really). we had to staple them together because there was not enough time to have it printed booklet-style (or whatever it's called) because, obviously it had to be rushed since she had to wait for everyone's requirements to come in, and she had to change some stuff because some people keep changing their minds. im no expert in that kind of thing (layouting and stuff) but i do know that it aint very easy. and since sis had a recollection and a case to work on for her major subject, she can't allot her entire weekend for it.
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well, it seems as if im shoving my ass in other people's business, but im really pissed because as i've said, i loved my org, i strongly dislike inconsiderate people, and they pissed sister dear off.
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some people might think that im being biased because i hear these org news only from my sister. nope, the worst feedback (it came during the start of the SY) i heard was not from my sister, but from someone else... someone i didn't actually expect to hear that news from. and i was told that s/he was not alone in her sentiments...

home on a friday night (and im not itching to go out!)

i usually look forward to fridays... the start of the weekend when you get to really unwind because monday still seems so far away. it's when you feel the burdens of the entire week weighing you down... then you guiltlessly go out so you can dump that burden, empty yourself out so that the coming week's burdens can be placed somewhere.

before, i usually could not stand not going out on a friday, so i was pretty surprised that i opted to stay home this evening when i had really planned to go out with my friends. (sorry again, girls!)

i guess i was just tired with schoolwork. we had so much to do the past week, and we have a week of stupid midterm exams ahead (with anatomy as our grand finale! i am so excited ***slight sarcasm***)

or maybe because i had lunch at congo grill with my kgc friends (thanks mommy ana! happy bday!) and i had so much sisig that i could not stand having a sizzling plate of it in front of me, at least for the next month.

or possibly, im just saving up because i intend to splurge after midterms (with my greenhills-addict friends! parang ngayon lang na-discover ang greenhills e!) i have to go back and get those shoes! and look for a big bag and a white & beige bag...

or probably, i started watching the game and i can't pull myself away, although i don't really care who wins because i like both san miguel and ginebra. well, i was rooting for san miguel, but i really didn't mind that they lost against ginebra.

or perhaps, i got so used to gimikless friday nights in cali... where a typical friday night meant me catching up on my chores (do laundry, clean my room &/or bathroom) or going to the grocery, or to target after work, or just going online (until the early hours of saturday), hoping to catch my friends or family online so i could chat with people who keep me sane, or just curling up in my room and read a good book.

or... im again experiencing my tamaritis attack.

tambucho king

after spending almost the entire evening coming up with a reviewer for anatomy, i just had to take a break and watch pipol. generally, i don't like the documentaries of abscbn, but tonight is an exception. they just featured our tatay vic (he's my lolo, not father dearest!) and the rise & fall of our family business.

i was quite disappointed with the turnout of the docu... mainly because it showed NO pictures of me! can you believe it? not even one picture?! my tita was interviewed, they showed old photos of tatay, nanay, papa, tito bert, tita pam & tito joey, but how come they did not interview me nor show any old photo of me? how unfair is that? i have this perfect picture that would be good for the docu. it shows me being carried by tatay, while he was shaking someone's hand in his office. how come they didn't flash that?

'kala nyo, serious no?

ok, seriously, the docu was pretty fair. i actually felt proud of tatay, because despite his age and everything he has gone through, you see his determination to rise back up. you see his smarts. you see his utmost faith in God. and i know, given the opportunity, he could come up with something good again.
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since i have been trying to finish my nervous system reviewer tonight, i missed manhunt. luckily, they showed it again at 2 am, and i just finished watching it. as i've said in an earlier post, i already know the result, but i just had to watch it. maurice is my current fave, followed by hunter and matt. ron got eliminated already, so that's one favorite gone.
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i finally saw the last episode of couples fear factor. i was impressed with james and meghan since they stayed this long in the game. they never won anything until the last episode and they didnt get the million-dollar prize, but it was really cool that they placed 2nd out of 10.
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hmmm, im watching too much tv when i should be studying! bad, bad... tsk, tsk!

anatomy

time and time again, i am reminded of the reason why i took management economics in college-- all i have to do is understand the concepts and be able to apply them in different circumstances. no memorization of whatever scientific terms and processes.

no, i am not regretting my decision to take up nursing. i am still very much enjoying it. and i love learning these new things which i find very practical.

but i am just a little irritated. these last couple of days, i have set my study plan. i was supposed to have 4 midterm exams this week (2 on thursday, 2 on friday) and 2 on monday of next week. i would study for my anatomy test today and wednesday, my IT exam on thursday after my anatomy midterms, and my health ethics and CHD exam on thursday night.

i have already prepared my reviewers for my anatomy exam. me and my friends decided to split tasks, we would be making reviewers for one chapter and share it amongst us. i was just supposed to read through the reviewers and start memorizing the skeletal system (again!) and the origin, insertion & actions of the skeletal muscles.

but what a not-so-pleasant-surprise! i went to class this morning, hoping to get final reminders and tips for thursday's midterms. i came in late since i thought that the important reminders would be given at the end of the class.

when i got to the classroom, i was told by mommy cassy that our prof announced that our midterms would be departmental and would cover chapters 1-9 (excluding ch 2) of our book. that includes the overview, cells, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system (all of which were past lessons and i would just need to review) PLUS nervous system, special senses & endocrine system!

now i need to read 3 more chapters, try to understand them, & make reviewers for them. that means more stuff to memorize (olecranon process is part of which system again?!) & i am already getting everything mixed up.

at least the test was moved to a later date... on feb 5. i have always had a history of not doing well on tests given feb5 or some few days after that. i don't know if it's psychological (my friends would know the relevance of this date to my life) or if i really get cursed on that day.

haaaay, what would happen to me now?

survey time

we were supposed to hear mass at 11, have lunch, go to GH, then get a mani-pedi, & be home by 4 to watch basketball... but change of plans, we're hearing mass at 6, having chinese take out, and i'll just be answering surveys until i find some more productive thing to do...
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1.fallen in love b4? -- yup!
2.smoked? -- nope
3.drunk alcohol? -- dati lang yun
4.fight with your girlfriend/boyfriend? wala ako nun
5.ever cried over someone? yup!
6.who? a lot
7.wished that you were different? nope, love me just the way i am
8.lost a friend? they're just around
9.Are you a girl/guy? girl/bakla
10.slept in class? nope! either i listen or mangkulit ng mga katabi
11.won a medal? nung highschool
12.screamed at your best friends ? screamed with them...
13.met your favourite idol? i don't think i have 1
14.who? --
15.where? --
16.faced your fears? yup!
17.what are they? the unknown...
18.thinking of someone SPECIAL now? every1 i think of is special, otherwise, i won't be thinking of them
20.ran away from home? nope, they threw me out!
21.got into a fight? nope.. mabait ako e
22.slapped anyone? no, i don't think so
23.broke anyone's heart? yup... mine
24.tried killing yourself? no way!
25.celebrated your birthday this year? end of the year pa

lame life

my last blog was the epitome of lameness. is my life that boring now that i can't even think of a decent thing to blog about? anyway, at least i have a list of the tv shows i have to remember to watch. sometimes, i spend so much time online that i forget to watch my shows. at least this way, when i go online and blog-hop, and i see that list, i'll remember to pick my butt up and head to the living room to watch my tv show.
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after 2 weeks of working on school stuff on a saturday, i finally had this day off! yipee! i slept half of the day, got a massage ("hard po, ma'am?" ullk, not too hard! i can't breath! ouch!) watched a walk to remember on hbo... then finished typing my muscular system reviewer for my midterms.

haaaay, can you say nerd-o?

my tv shows

i started to write an entry, but i decided to erase it and start anew because i was ranting about some people in school i strongly dislike. im trying to keep one of my new year's resolutions-- to be nice to people. and since i'd be with them for the next couple of months (next few years, if we all decide to stick to our school and finish nursing!), i have to be nice to them.
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so i'd write about tv shows instead.

im so glad american idol's here again. i don't really like the auditions part, but i still watch them because some of the people who audition could be amusing. i am looking forward to the top 12 part since that's where things really get competitive.

there are some changes this season. for instance, they raised the age limit to 28. also, they're saying that 12 of the top 24 slots are reserved for guys. i don't know what else they changed, but i hope that those improve the competition this season.
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i also enjoy watching the amzing race 6. i was rooting for gus & hera, but they got eliminated a few legs ago. so now, im rooting for kris&jon. i hated jonathan&victoria's tandem. i used to like victoria coz i felt sorry for her since jonathan was pretty abusive. but these last few legs, she started to irritate me as well. i don't like freddie & kendra's tandem either.

the teams rooted for in the past races never won, but i hope this time, my team will win.
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you guys watch 30 seconds to fame? i really like that show because you get to see different people doing different things for 30 seconds (less if the crowd dislikes you and eliminates you!). what if we send filipinos there doing their stuff... would they win?
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ive discovered one of the best reality tv shows in the world-- MANHUNT! i like hunter, ron, matt & maurice. kevin is ok, but since he's the embedded model, i don't really care about him. i find the show interesting since we get to see these guys go through their issues, act as vain as they want to, etc. yummy!

i went to their official website and already know who won... but i'd still watch the show since it's really interesting :p
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starstruck's down to the final 4! mike and lj got in! they are the ones im rooting for. i was gald megan and kirby got eliminated. i was laughing earlier because direk louie (ay, close?) revealed that megan's the one in the attitued box this week. for what reason? she did not want to tape because she was missing her cat. hahaha! i never liked her from the very start, and i kept on asking why she stayed this long. but at least she did not get into the final 4.
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one of my favorite local shows is extra challenge. granted that they're sometimes trying to imitate fear factor or amazing race or whatever, i still like the show since it does not appear so "trying hard". paolo bediones is really good, and i find ethel funny. i don't really like mariel coz she sometimes can be so OA, but it's forgivable.
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ive been trying to religiously watch hiram, but ive missed the last couple of episodes. thank God i have noni to fill me in on what i've missed. the show's ending soon and the story's getting interesting. i want harry/andrew to end up with neither of the girls. can't we just have margaret and stephanie end up as forever bestfriends, just the 2 of them, with no harry/andrew in the picture?
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san miguel got into the semis, so im watching basketball again. they're up against ginebra, which i hate since i like them both... but ive always been an smb fan (since i discovered pba when i was 6, i think...) so of course im rooting for them. i also like shell over talk n text since rich alvarez is there (lame reason!). and i feel that smb will have an easier time with shell than with talk n text if they meet in the finals :)
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with the way im watching all these shows, you'd think i had all the time in the world to lie around and relax. but no! midterms are coming up, we have several reports and other stuff to do. i have not started doing my anatomy reviewer, and i have to study 5 chapters for our test. amazingly, im actually starting to enjoy anatomy since i find it pretty practical. it's just funny that when i do the normal things i do, i suddenly remember some anatomy stuff. like when i climb our stairs, i think "gluteus maximus" since it is an important muscle to help us climb the stairs. haaay, nerd!

movie theatre etiquette

let me rant.

i like watching movies. usually, on sundays after we hear mass and have lunch, my family would decide to watch a movie if there's a good one showing. we especially enjoy watching the mmff movies, and we'd usually end up watching the top 3 films.

this time, we saw mano po 3, aishite masu & panaghoy. the movies were ok, each with their good and bad moments. but i don't want to write a movie critique.

i'd much rather write about the people in the theatres.

for heaven's sake, i wish everyone would get some breeding!

ok, im not perfect. far from it, actually. but i do try my best to respect other people. i only show disrespect to those who do not respect me or the people i care about.

my biggest pet peeve when im watching a movie in the theatres is when the person behind me kicks the back of my seat. i totally HATE that! i could go from a perfectly good human to an extremely pissed animal once i feel the back of my seat being kicked.

when we were watching mano po 3 in greenhills, the person seated behind my sister started kicking the back of her seat. since i was seated beside her, i could slightly feel it too. for heaven's sake, there is enough leg room in that theatre! i instantly got so irritated. and when im irritated, i could be so rude. i see red. i sometimes want to sit behind that person and start kicking the back of her seat REAL HARD until she feels her internals get all mixed up.

but since seats are assigned, i guess i have to be contented with just shooting them dirty looks. why not just ask them to stop? because i don't think i am capable to do it politely.

so anyway, she kept kicking my sister's seat and we kept shooting her dirty looks. and as if that wasn't enough, she was so noisy (and im sorry to say this) in a jologs kind of way. whenever the faces of the actors get close, she'd giggle loudly and go "kiss na!" and when they don't kiss, "haaay, ano ba yan?".

a week later, it was my turn to be victimized. new year's day, my family saw panaghoy in gateway. i was surprised to find out that there were no assigned seats. we went inside a little early to get good seats. i don't know if the couple behind us got there ahead of us, but i only noticed them when the guy started kicking my seat.

(one of my new year's resolution is that i'll try to be nicer to people. i 'd try not to be rude, even if they're extremely irritating.)

as we sat down, my sister and i commented that the leg room in there was pretty roomy, so we somehow expected that our seats won't get kicked. a few minutes after i sat down, just when i was getting a little comfy, i felt a kick on the back of my seat. i said to my brother and sister, (rather loudly.. the movie wasn't starting yet, anyway) "unbelievable! nasipa yung seat ko!" i seriously thought that they heard it and they'd stop kicking my seat. but a few minutes later, i felt it again.

so i turned around and asked (politely, if i may add), "can you not kick the back of my seat?" and the guy goes "yes?" and i repeat it. and guess what, they started talking about me! i don't remember if he said ok, although im positive he didn't say sorry. he addresses his girlfriend "ano raw?" the girlfriend goes "pa-english english pa ha!" then he says "e gusto niya mag english e" or something like that. basta, pinag-initan nila ang pag- eenglish ko! i wanted to turn around and tell them "im sorry, but when you said yes, i thought u had a grasp of the english language." or go "ang sabi ko, 'wag mong sipain yung likod ng inuupuan ko.. HAYOP!" grabe! magparinig ba? chicken shits!

but it was day 1 of the new year, and i wanted to start it right. be nice. stick to my resolution. so i counted to 10. i didn't notice it, but they transferred seats.
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you know the reminders flashed on the screen before the movie starts? "as courtesy to the other viewers, please turn your cellphone off or to silent mode" and "please do not leave your trash in your seats. there are trash bins available..." they should add: "please do not kick the seat in front of you." it would be nice too, if they say "if you know the story, keep it to yourself." and for movies with subtitles: "do not read the subtitles out too loudly. other people can read, too." i mean, if they're with someone who can't read, you can whisper to him/her, right?
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i swear, we really need the sign "do not kick the seat in front of you" flashed before the movie begins. then occasionally flash it in the middle of the movie, for good measure.

or they could be creative and provide us with fly swatters as hard as wooden paddles. or even a 2x2 will do. or to be more threatening, an ax or a chainsaw, perhaps? or come up with a seat that would react when it's back gets kicked. like, it can electrocute that person once there is sudden and hard contact. i don't know what else.. all i know is that those people need to be punished! yup! hanged. quartered. covered with melted sugar (coz hindi nilalanggam and honey!), tied to a tree and fed to the red ants. have all their body hairs plucked one at a time. fed to the great whites... (haha! exag! but that's how much i hate it!)

first post for '05!

4 days into the new year, it's about time i update.

school's back, and i still have to adjust my body clock. i got so used to sleeping at 5, 6 or 7 am then waking up past noon during the break. so now, i have to teach myself to start sleeping right again!
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yesterday, our classes resumed, and as always, me and my friends had some catching up to do. and im not just talking about chikas. because we were enjoying our break too much, we failed to study for our quiz. so when we go to school, we started cramming whatever information we can absorb. the first quiz was pretty easy. but the 2nd one? never mind.

it's just irritating that we have to go back to school when we are not in the mood yet.

imagine this. earlier, i was supposed to have anatomy at 8-10am. i got to school around 8.15, our class hasn't started yet. our prof gave us back our prelims test and showed us our prelim grade. my grade was ok. higher than i expected, lower than what i would've wanted to get... IF i was still grade conscious. (i don't really care if i get high grades or not. i feel as if i've proven to myself that i can be an ok student if i want to.) after giving us those, he let us go. before 9 am.

my next class is at 2.40pm. with 5 1/2 hours to waste, i suddenly missed ateneo. no bench, no regcom room, no big lib with tables that had dividers or whatever you call them so i could sleep in peace. no caf or caf up. no playing of cards (i don't get the point. as if we'd be gambling!). i didn't go home anymore because its a waste of gas (or money if i take the mrt). so me and noni went to the lib since she had to study for her test (unfortunately, her prof was absent since she hasn't arrived from the states yet). as for me, i tried reading the muscular system chapter of our anatomy book. after 10 pages, i had enough, and i couldn't remember a thing.

2.40 came, i went to class. our class started around 3.15. actually, we didnt have an actual class. our prof just wanted to give us back our prelims test. so when i got it, i went home. at 3.20.

pretty fruitful day, huh?
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so anyway, after thinking HARD about it, i finally went with my sister to the gym and enrolled. i started today and kept complaining to the trainer that i was tired. i really was. i didn't get enough sleep last night. but i promise to take this seriously. haha! i wish i could!
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after going to the gym, i was supposed to visit my derma since my face is breaking out again. but when i got there, the clinic was closed. bummer.