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High School Musical On Stage!!!! One Cool Show!!!!!

7:25 PM, Friday, June 29, 2007 | Link to this post | 0 comments

Watched High School Musical at the Meralco Theatre last night. It was a Playshop night actually so most of the audience (that includes me) are Playshoppers. I wasn't really planning to watch because I just don't feel like it. And what do you expect... it's just the same story, same songs, same everything. Athena, who was a member of the cast (she was a skater), texted me yesterday afternoon telling that she still have 3 tickets for the show. The rest is history and I found myself meeting with her, all dressed up for the show, at the backstage of the theatre to get my ticket. She also gave me Kyla and Bien's tickets and asked me to give it to them.

I got back to the lobby to wait for Bien and Kyla and I was so surprised when I saw JR Enrile (my churchmate and brother-in-Christ) with Dani Tabuena. Ayun... kwento kwento.. He saw me daw walking at UP's Acad Oval early that afternoon tapos naninibago daw siya because I'm not wearing my glasses. Hahaha!!! Anyway, Another thing that surprised me is the fact that Jeff Tsai (another brother-in-Christ and my classmate in EEE 1) with his friends form the UP Navigators was also there.

The show went well naman. It's very different from the movie. What I like most about the show are the new songs and the additional scenes that made it funnier. My favorite musical numbers are 'Stick to the Status Quo', 'Getcha head in the game', 'Bop to the Top', and 'Cellular Fusion.' We got the chance to meet and greet our MTG friends Athena, Kevin, and Steph after the show. And they were so tired daw. Ayun!!! Picture Picture and konting kwentuhan. I hope to see it again some other time with Athena understudying for Sharpay. Go Athena!!!

- Gian

Nang Itinanan Ako Ni Melvin At Ni Lowie

11:28 PM, Thursday, June 14, 2007 | Link to this post |

June 12, 2007: FIRST DAY HIGH!!! First day of class. I thought everything is fine with my subjects. It came to my knowledge that Alex and Lea are still not giving up on their appeal to the ME department regarding the conflicts in our major subjects. So nagulo nanaman ang buhay ko... I was forced to cancel a 3 unit course for me to enlist 4 unit course. So yun... Haaaayyyy... Thank God dahil may slots pa sa EEE 1. I actually have 3 classes that day but our professors were still on vacation mode. In short, I have no class that day. And Praise God... I don't have Wednesday classes!!!

June 13, 2007: NANG TINANAN AKO NI MELVIN AT LOWIE!!! It's a free day for me. But I made use of my time to complete my enrollment. Anyway, we have CCC core meeting at the Student Center, Katipunan. I really didn't feel like attending the meeting because I have a lot of things in my mind. So we (they) planned for the movement theme this year and assigned different tasks to the leaders, including me. I was assigned to head the WIN Committee (the committee assigned in reaching out the university for God). I took the challenge to lead the said committee since they (I) consider me (myself) as an 'untapped' leader. The meeting ended at 7pm. Melvin texted me telling that they're at the first floor. So I hurried downstairs without them noticing me. They're too much busy with inside jobs and everything. Lowie was there sitting on the sofa when Melvin came out from the kitchen and hugged me so tight saying Bro, I missed you so much!!! Aaaaaawwwww... How sweet!?! Well, I missed him too. We haven't seen each other for 3 weeks. Then, he invited me, together with Lowie, to hang-out with him. I told them that I was so hungry so we hurried our way to McDo Katipunan. I just ordered fries and burger. Melvin was in a fast during that time so I just shared my fries with Lowie. So yun... kwento kwento... joke joke... drama drama... etc. etc. For the second part of our hang-out, we played DOTA at Blue Skies. Gosh!!! I haven't played DOTA for the longest time so I was kinda afraid that I might not do good in the game. But no! I think our game was the best so far! Astig!!! Hahahaha!!! Balik kaadikan nanaman 'to!!! Grabe!!! Melvin payed pala for our game. Thanks Melvs!! We you so much!!! We ended at 10pm. Lowie went his way back home to Pasig while Melvin and I took 2 jeepney rides from Katipunan to Philcoa. It was so much fun!!!! I just wonder why the people at the meeting didn't dare to find where I am... Seems like I've been forgotten. Oh well... at least I enjoyed the game. Hahahaha!
Caliraya! Here I come!!!!

- Gian

Enrollment At The University Of Pila - Diliman (UP Diliman)

7:10 PM, Tuesday, June 05, 2007 | Link to this post |

This is it... Enrollment for the First Semester AY 2007-2008 has begun. Actually parang ayoko pang mag-enroll. Medyo nakakatamad pa kasi... Ahihihihi!!!!

7:30 AM: The bus ride to the MRT Magallanes Station was a bit longer than usual. I don't know why and it kept me wondering up to now since the traffic early this morning at SLEX is so light. Maybe I was just so enamored with Jars Of Clay as I listen to their songs. Well, I really don't know...

8:00 AM: Anyway, Jairus was there at the line when I came in the station. So malamang, nagsabay kami na sumakay sa MRT. I miss this guy so much because we use to have Bible Studies together when we were still 'kids', back when we are still in our sophomore days in UP. We've known each other for 3 years now. So yun.. kwento kwento about the summer and the enrollment and everything. Then we parted ways pagdating sa Eng'g.

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM: I was shocked when I saw the long lines at the ME dept. Gosh!!!! Ganito na ba karami ang ME students sa UP? Usually kasi hindi nagkakaroon ng mahabang lines dahil konti lang naman kami. I think the reason for this is the lack of faculty members who would pre-advise the students. Then I realized that my batchmates were not yet there so I was kinda 'scared.' I mean ako lang yata ang pinaka-matanda dun. Grabe!! 5th year na pala ako!!!! Thank God Kuya Ralph appeared from out-of-the-blue then Kuya Ronald came after. They are not my batchmates actually but at least may kilala na ako 'by heart.' Haha!!! Then Jeff and Alex came followed by Imay, Leah, Jayson, Andrew, Antony, Allan, and my best friend Neil. Grabe! Na-miss ko silang lahat!!! Well, it's good to be back!!!!

10:00 AM - 12:00 NN: Most of us are having problems on what major subjects to take this sem. We're supposed to get ME 183, ME 143, and ME 154 this sem because there is a great possibility that those subjects might not be offered next sem due to the same reason why there are long lines at the ME dept. Our big problem is that ME 143 and ME 183 has the same timeslot. Yikes!!! So we asked our dear professors if they can move ME 143 to another timeslot so we can get the two subjects. Our bigger problem is that most of the students enlisted in ME 143 are not willing to move it to another timeslot. Haayy nako... It seems like some of us woudn't be able to graduate on time, that includes me. We made petitions after petitions but nothing happened.

12:00 NN - 1:30 PM: Knowing that we can't do anything about it anymore, we've decided to take a break and have lunch. We decided to eat at the Shopping Center (SC) na lang since the college cafeteria is already full at that time. But the same thing goes at SC. Some of us didn't take lunch anymore and satisfied themselves by just drinking fruit shakes. Neil and I decided to eat somewhere else and we ended up at Lutong Kapit-Bahay (LKB). LKB is also jammed but thank God, we got a table for two. after eating, went back to SC to meet the others but they were none to be found. The two of us walked our way to the ME dept since we all decided to meet there after lunch. While walking, Neil was making kwento about how he spent the summer. He told me that most of his barkada (who are in a 4-year course) graduated already. There's only three of them in their barkada who are left in UP. Aaaaawwww.. I'm sure my bestfriend misses them so much. Haha!! Well, according to him, the good thing is that no one would ask him to make libre.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM: We still have high hopes that our petition will be approved so we stayed at the department for a while. Pero napagod na rin kami sa kahihintay kaya umalis na lang kami.

2:00 PM: We got our form 5's and filled up the ESC and RegCom survey forms. It's good we don't need to pay PhP10.00 anymore for the Logscript (college newsletter). We all parted ways after getting our form 5's except me and Leah.

3:00 PM: Leah and I went to the CE department. She canceled her slot in her CE 22 class (because it's in conflict with one major subject) and Allan, who also happened to be there, got the slot Leah canceled. I also want to get a slot since there are no more conflicts with my schedule. So I got my name written on the enlistment priority form and waited for my name to be called. Since this would take at least 30 minutes for me to get a slot (well, that's life here in UP), I told Leah that she can leave me there since she's got a lot of things to do. I waited for 30 or 40 minutes and my name was called. Whew!!!! Praise God! I got a slot!

3:30 PM: Time to go home. Took an MRT ride to Ayala Station. Since I still have a lot of time, I managed to walk inside Glorietta and have a little sightseeing there. Before I board the bus to San Pedro at Park Square, I bought a waffle and an iced tea to satisfy my cravings. Hehe!! Got home at 5:30 PM. Tomorrow is another day of enrollment... another day of chances... another day of hopes... another day of dreams...

- Gian