| Ang Ladlad |
[16 Nov 2009|07:45pm] |
They've been rejected for accreditation too many times before. I believe all the past COMELEC Commissioners who brought the great injustice of discriminating against the most colorful fraction of the Philippine population have all met their due karma.
Now all I can say is,
VOTE DANTON REMOTO FOR SENATOR!!!
Also, check out his blog. http://dantonremoto2010.blogspot.com/
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| Google my name |
[31 Jan 2009|01:38pm] |
Prior to February 3, 2009, 1330 hours GMT +8, if you googled "Rowena Yang" the list will include pages of OTHER people named Rowena Yang (I think one lives in Singapore) but nothing about me.
*SIGH*
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| Sabi ko nga |
[05 Nov 2008|07:26am] |
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You Should Date An Australian!
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You're a down to earth, outdoorsy kind of girl
And you need a guy who can keep up with your adventures
A rugged Australian guy is just your style
Better start learning how to surf!
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| Dehydration, fake dengue and finals |
[22 Sep 2008|05:35am] |
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I'm completely sure that I have been able to erase every bit of chance I had at graduating with honorable mention after this semester. And it's not because of my majors. Oh the burden of having Philo and Theo courses. Why?!
Approximately one week before my finals, I caught some sort of bug that made me suffer through intermittent fever and stomach pain that hindered me from eating or drinking anything. My mom thought it was dengue, so she brought me to the hospital when my platelet count dropped below normal. By that time though, I was already dehydrated. ^_^ Hurrah.
Thank God I didn't have too many requirements during that week. And I was able to get better right before my final oral exams in Philosophy... which I'm pretty sure I flunked. And I took my Spanish 3 oral exams right before dehydration. But I still had that awful fever so I'm pretty sure I flunked that one, too.
I have mixed emotions. The thought of not graduating with any sort of honors makes me feel as if I'd lose my identity. On the other hand, it would be liberating to enter my last semester of college without any pressure to make up for grades. But then again, who is Wenky without honors?
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| It's been that long? |
[20 Nov 2007|01:35am] |
LJ has been proposing that I've had writer's block since the beginning of this year. The last time I updated this thing was eons before today. And I wonder if all through this time, some of you, my loyal minions readers were checking this blog every so often. If you did, what did I do to keep you interested in an obviously neglected, nay, abandoned blog? Oh yes, my all encompassing charm have captured your minds so that surfing your preferred realm of the net would be incomplete without a glimpse at my page. *bows to audience*
That was fun. :D
The past few sems, I've been complaining about not having English classes and that my writing skills, however crude they may be, have been worsening in the process. This time around, I've nothing to whine about because I'm taking 3rd World Lit with Sir Danton. :D Yes, hours of anecdotes and insightful bottomlines are back. I can't believe at how relieved I am to have a break from insanely boring business management classes. Don't get me wrong, business management may very well be tasking and not at all a breeze but we're talking about lectures here, not practice. Gah. Propositions from all corners of the corporate world would fry one's brain. It defies the whole process of learning! Well, from my Theo prof's perspective at least.
But there is a downside to my lit class this sem. We're too many in the class. 38 to be exact. And the prof is not too keen on wasting a whole week's worth of classes on deconstructing everyone of those 38 people's thoughts about the literature. Oh, lit class will never be the same again. Well, at least I have something to look forward to. ^_^
On a completely unrelated note, 1) if you don't have a facebook account, I urge you to make one and 2) you should check out the Travel IQ Challenge application by TravelPod. I'm totally hooked.
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| Missed Me? |
[25 Feb 2007|07:07pm] |
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After one year without English classes, I haven't done any writing at all apart from mundane (required) papers. My English has turned rusty and let's not talk about my Tagalog.
So, what transpired through the several months that I didn't update my LJ? And what prompted me to break my silence? Just read on for the answers.
Some of you know that since I started college, my life has been depressing. Consequently, I gained around 30 pounds and lost trust and confidence in my self. I'm not quite sure but I think recent events have sort of cleared up a lot of issues and they probably can turn things around for me. ^_^ 1. My mom, who was diagnosed with leukemia, is all well and healthy now. She's completely cancer-free! *throws a party* But she's getting laid off come March. Hence, she's going to establish her own service with her co-workers who either got laid off or resigned voluntarily. Apparently, their company recently acquired bad judgement. Hehe. After 25 years of service in that company, my 57-year-old-cancer-surviving mom is going to find other ways to pay for my Ateneo tuition and for my probable law school entry. XD Yay Mom!
2. When I shifted to Legal Management, I thought life would be much easier. As it turns out, life is easier in LM than in ME. But it doesn't follow that it would be easy on me. LoL. After all that trouble re-acquiring connections and potential friendships, I'm exhausted. I did manage to get into the Dean's List last semester. But I think my grades this sem will be much worse. Hehe. So, life is pretty much the same academically. I still suck. *bow* I did learn fundamental Yoga poses, though. :D And I think I aced the midterm exam.
3. Because I did gain some 30 unwanted pounds, I enrolled myself in the gym. I have a personal trainer who costs way too much. But I'm going to take the easy way out and pay another PhP 4,800 for his services so I wouldn't have to think of weight training routines. I'll probably stop going to the gym anyway if there wasn't anybody expecting me there because I'm lazy that way. Haha. So far, no progress has been made because I'm struggling with the diet. Damn the food industry, the manufacturers! They make their products too difficult to resist. I think I need my high school friends to influence me into turning on my anorexic mode. I used to have no problem getting into self-destructive diets. Why can't I stick to healthy ones? x_X
4. Pathways to Higher Education. After one year of (required) volunteer work, I've gained so many friends and one life changing experience. I taught self-awareness to sophomore hs students and social awareness to junior hs students. Last week, we had the last teaching session with the Pathways kids. My sophomore class got together in Riverbanks Mall before the session, got their picture taken as a group and gave it to us facilitators as a gift. But the greater gift they gave me was validation. Although I think I spoke nonsense to them, they actually learned from me. And it feels good. Hehe. I signed my self up for a year of volunteer work, not required this time. ^_^
There you go. I could've done a better job at narrating. o_x I need English classes. ;_; Very badly.
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| Talking to myself mostly. |
[20 Jul 2006|09:52pm] |
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It's good to know that you can make other people happy. I hope you enjoyed the party friend!
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| Last post: 3 friggin weeks ago |
[14 May 2006|10:19pm] |
I haven't been that busy. I've just been lazy. It's difficult to have a whole lot of stuff happening but not having the will to write every bit of it down.
Anyway, went to a far-away-from-civilization place called Tanay with my high school barkada. We had fun. Yeah... we had fun bombarding two of our friends with immensely intrusive questions which they did not object to because of alcohol in their blood streams. I did not drink though. I slept through their drinking session. In fact, I was the only one who slept. ^_^ Happy Birthday Pepot.
As of now, a rogue grasshopper has been able to invade my computer table. It's terrorizing me. And it's friggin sitting on my pen!
On to other things, I've been enjoying my summer. Unlike my boring summers of old, I'm taking classes at school this time. Aside from actually having something to do, I am also saving loads of cash through my allowance... but losing it all to Friday sessions at Starbucks.
Which leads me to another story. ^_^ Yes, the Friday Ritual - Starbucks with the Twins. The twins aren't biological twins by the way. Initially, the twins had another twin (they call themselves that)... who has grown apart due to certain conflicts in schedule and whatnot. Anyhow, I have sort of "filled in" for her at the moment. I'm not turning out to be a third wheel or anything. I'm actually fitting right in. XD
On the first day of what will become the dawn of a new era, the three of us drank coffee and talked about every juicy gossip there is in our college from 4:30 to 7:30. The ending was brought upon by one of the twin's dad calling up, infuriated, asking his daughter to go home immediately. After that Friday, we've never seen her after the good hour of 5pm.
We've basically been doing that same thing for quite some weeks now. ^_^ Fridays will never ever be the same again.
Note: Jevic, I even brought a yellow balloon with a birthday note inside it... all for you... all the way to that faraway place where passenger jeepneys are practically unheard of. *sniff*
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| Retraction |
[19 Apr 2006|09:49pm] |
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Mum suddenly wanted me to add subjects to my summer class sched. x_x Now I have to do some serious paperwork. BAAAAAAAD. Yun lang. :D
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[18 Apr 2006|10:03am] |
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It's official. I am shifting to Legal Management. I'm also hoping to major in European Studies. I guess I'm on my way to becoming one helluva diplomat. And no, I will not marry an expat. I probably won't marry at all anyway. Bad genes aren't meant to be spread.
Although my grades are better after the 2nd sem, I am still not in the Dean's List. And although I can take advanced classes this summer, my mother refused to pay for my summer sem plans. *shrug*
The world is not turning against me. The earth-to-human size ratio is too far apart for the earth to turn against my body. (At this point, most of you are wondering about the lucidity of my mental faculties. Read the sentence again.) :p
I got A's and B+'s for all subjects except Calculus. I wasn't made for Management Engineering. And it wasn't long before the Program Director discovered it. *sigh* Thus, I have been forced to shift out of the said course. I'm not bothered by it, though. At least at this point in my life I actually know what I want to do. I now want to be a kick ass diplomat. HaHaHa! I'll write up screwy treaties that will eventually lead to senseless warfare. *bow* I'd rather do that than sit in a desk for hours worrying about company finances, or management, or whatever it is that ME majors end up doing. But I'd also rather fly planes than spark up international conflict. Will Ateneo put up an aviation school any time soon? ^_^
I can freely transfer to UP now. My QPI meets the grade requirement. But will I transfer to UP? That question may never be answered.
I forgot how self-gratifying senseless ramblings can be. I would gladly accept statements of the same nature for comments. Heck, I'll be happy with any kind of comment. I'm KSP that way. XD
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| The summer that wasn't |
[06 Apr 2006|12:04pm] |
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Sarj wants me to update for unknown reasons. She's probably bored, too. Or maybe, just maybe, she's actually interested in another human being's insignificant existence. *nods* Oh! Sarj, you've gone such a long way. From being a person whom some people fear to a person whom some people fear and who cares to know about someone else's life. Hee.
I've been MIA since the end of the school year. Let's see, my "summer break" started March 25 and it is now April 6. Hmmm... I sort of f*cked up the computer so I couldn't use it until now. Moreover, from the 25th to the 30th I was at the hospital looking after my mom. She's been diagnosed with acute leukemia but is not dying. Well, she is because everybody else is anyway... but not because of the disease.
I'm also currently clueless about summer class registration. I know I have to shift (they're kicking me out) but I still haven't acquired the stupid advisement slip from the Management Dept. because I don't want to. :D I didn't plan on shifting to any course so I have absolutely no idea on what I'll be doing. I don't have a messenger or a mobile so people can't help me out because they don't know that I need help. O_O Ok. I NEED HELP!!! If any of my beloved blockmates happens to stumble upon this cry for help, please call me on my landline, it's listed in the directory I posted in our yahoogroup.
*sigh* I need to lose weight. Sarj, let's be gym buddies for the summer. :D
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| Feature Article |
[18 Mar 2006|08:42am] |
My English Professor said it's very good. But I beg to disagree. Haha! It's a first draft. I crammed in the morning of teh deadline. It's only three pages anyway. Hee... I crammed eight pages for the Filipino book report. And I got a perfect score!!! Woohoo! XD So I'm getting an A for Filipino. But unlike last sem, I got the lowest numerical equivalent among the A students. :P A pa rin!
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[04 Mar 2006|11:21am] |
| You Are 56% Open Minded | 
You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded.
Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints.
But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line.
You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself. |
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| Oedipus Complex, anyone? |
[22 Feb 2006|07:14pm] |
The Salmon's Journey
From his freshwater nest, he rides
Out into the ocean
Only to come back
Up the same river.
Against the stream's flow,
And up the falls' ledge
Scraping skin, bending fins,
Sliding back to the ocean.
He comes. Oh, he comes!
With his mighty tail,
Jumping upright,
Swimming posthaste,
As the current pushes, pulls,
And throws him about the waves.
Up and down,
up and down,
and Up again!
He powers through
And stretches out to sire fry
That will
Ride out into the ocean
and come back
Up the same river.
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| A Whole New World to Discover |
[19 Feb 2006|08:55am] |
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Skirts.
I've never had to buy them, never had to wear them, never had to care about them until now. u_u My peers know how to inflict pain unto suffering fellows. My blockmate, Jackie, wants all her female guests to wear skirts tonight at her dinner party. Although the event only requires smart casual attire, you can't dare refuse to follow the celebrant's wishes. Moreover, my high school friend, Rai, also wants her guests to wear skirts on her party, which is next week. x_x Semi-formal. If I can't find the time to buy a top and a skirt, I might just wear the same thing. -_-" I'm sorry Rai, but my Math long test is on the 28th. I might not even get to join the kada in the overnight swimming.
*sigh* Things I do for people and the society. But I will be a diplomat. muhahahaha!
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[25 Jan 2006|06:15pm] |
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I actually have no will to update. x_x It has been happening a lot.
This afternoon, I found out that I actually got a B+ for my autobiography. The Great Princess D probably just copied off last semester's grades for the midterm evaluation. It even seems like he has started to check the class' autobiographies only recently since only a handful of us have received the marked papers. ^_^ Yay procrastination!
Anyway, I must bid you farewell now.
( for teh cocabobs )
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| Because Hershey is asking for an update |
[23 Jan 2006|06:10pm] |
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My English professor told us that he will be teaching part-time in the university starting next school year. As a result, his digressions have been kept to a relative minimum, his sheer evilness has been mellowed out, and the marks he has been giving appear to be more generous than the previous semester's. It is only now that I begin to acquire marks higher than that contemptible C+ for my papers. My haiku got a B+. ^_^ I bet it's because of the pretty trees I drew. But my auto-biography only got a B. *sigh* I wasn't born creative.
I have my advisory marks with me. Heh. I say go to hell evil letters. muhahahahahaha!
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| Sana May Bukas |
[14 Dec 2005|07:04pm] |
Ano ba ang bukas? Isang salitang punung-puno ng wala. Isang salitang nag-uumapaw sa hangin. Isang salita, at isang salita lamang.
Sabi ng kahapon sa akin, maganda raw ang bukas.
Maaliwalas daw ang langit, luntian ang kapaligiran, at malinis ang tubig bukas.
Bawat pinto ay nakabukas at nag-aalay ng pag-asa ng pag-unlad.
Ngunit hindi na dumating ang araw ng bukas.
Ngayon at ngayon lang ang mayroon tayo:
ang ngayon na hindi na nagbago;
ang ngayon kung saan lahat ng pinto ay nakapinid,
walang para sa iyo.
Ano nga ba ang bukas?
Nakita mo na ba iyon?
Tila gawa-gawa lang ng aking imahinasyon.
Sabihin mo sa akin kung may bukas nga.
Sapagkat ngayon
at ngayon lang ang mayroon ako.
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| bah. |
[14 Dec 2005|06:29pm] |
I try but I never succeed. Is this story all too familiar? I knew I wasn't meant to be in this world. I should've sprouted wings and superbionic lungs for space travel. x_x I shall damn maths forever. I also regret being painfully inactive during high school. My scholarship application will be as blank as the resume I passed for the MEA block representative position.
OSY na lang muna ako.
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[11 Dec 2005|05:00pm] |
| You Are Comet | 
A total daredevil, you're the reindeer with an edge!
Why You're Naughty: You almost gave Santa a heart attack when you took him sky diving
Why You're Nice: You always make sure the sleigh is going warp speed |
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