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April 19, 2005

Masarap sa La Salle

Hey folks!! To everyone who will be studying in DLSU Taft this year, I'm inviting all of you to eat at PLATO. It's my brother's resto at the Unversity Mall beside DLSU. Sarap I'm telling you! But don't take my word for it, just check it out for yourselves!

PLATO - 2nd floor University Mall, Taft Avenue, Manila.

Promo: Freshmen get to have a free serving of the famous Mango Creme Pie.

Yum! (I don't eat fruits but this is an exception.

)

Masarap sa La Salle. Cheers ya'll!

Posted by jabberwocky on April 19, 2005 at 02:35 PM as a stickied post | 12 couch potato/es

October 3, 2004

The Open Door

I'm bored. Even if I have tons of things to do. So ask me 3 questions and I will try my best to come up with the exact answer.

(No trigonometry please

)

Posted by jabberwocky on October 3, 2004 at 03:13 PM as a stickied post | 29 couch potato/es

May 8, 2007

Ateneo Checklist

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(X) eat at Manang's
( ) learn the alma mater (not quite yet..sorry!)
( ) get on the dean's list (SOMEDAY)
( ) sleep on a bench
( ) be a TNT
( ) jog around the campus in the evening
( ) visit the art gallery
(X) know at least one xerox lady, manong, or technician by name
( ) get a Jesuit for a teacher
( ) itch from higad bites
(X) have gotten an F in something (TAE)
(X) have taken a crap in school (HEHE)
(X) watch a La Salle vs. Ateneo UAAP game (on the La Salle side with my family..haha)
(X) give a powerpoint presentation
(X) study in the caf upstairs
(X) watch a T.A play
( ) sit on the SEC ledge and watch the stars
( [ken afford lang]) eat in Full House, Martha's Kitchen, and Ken Afford
(X) sleep in the lib
( ) visit Mr. San Andres
(X) go to the chapel
( ) have gotten a pebble stuck in your shoe/slippers in the middle of the quad
( ) cut class with your block to watch a movie
( ) sign up for those institutional (i.e. difficult but brilliant) teachers
( ) go to CERSA night
( ) have tried siomai rice (Eww)
( ) learn how to smoke
(X) fall in love (where?)
(X) actually read the book you keep borrowing from the lib
(X) play cards during your free time (just recently...and by force..haha)
( ) dress in business attire
(X) learn to stay awake for more than 24 hours straight
( ) have gotten side comments from ASSOC
(X) take Saturday classes
(X) go to your immersion
( ) eat Food for After Thought sandwiches
( ) get a boyfriend/girlfriend
(X) take time to read the vandalism in the CR doors
( ) watch Minsan Lang Sila Bata and Macho Dancer for class
(X) do a last minute paper
(X) have spent a lot for 1x1 ID pictures
(X) get exempted from final exams
(X) attend a college mass
( ) promise to quit smoking
( ) play hide-and-seek in the mini-forest
(X) know where the best restrooms are on campus
(X) join an org
(X) allow yourself to make mistakes
(X) take summer classes
( ) admire the sacred heart statue in the evening
(X) make a video for a project
(X) have a crush on a teacher
( ) attend a Jesuit retreat
( ) have gotten a parking ticket
(X) come to school in your crappiest yet most comfy clothes
( ) learn how to use the Bayantel pay phones
(X) participate in school activities
(X) catch the Blue Babble Battalion tryouts
(X) ride a tricycle on campus
(X) find a tambayan
( ) admire the marikina valley at night
( ) go drinking along Katipunan
(X) learn how to beg for a higher grade
(X) use your cuts wisely
( ) volunteer to be class beadle
( ) had the worst lottery schedule for reg
(X) admire the trees on campus
(X) have forgotten about your freecut and gone to that class
(X) eat in the ISO canteen
(X) be active in your org
(X) have signed up on an ACP class just because the girl or guy u like signed up for it
( ) get as many app forms as you can during the job fair
(X) learn how to cram
( ) sell tickets (or watch) an org-sponsored movie premiere
(X) save money to Xerox all of your seatmate's notes
(X) have accidentally seen a make-out session
(X) check out the Meron Lagoon and Lambingan Bridge
( ) have dozed off in class
(X) learn how to work with groupmates from hell
( ) perfect the art of parking on campus
(X) had a bad encounter with one of the guards on campus
( ) develop a love for sisig
( ) learn how to pronounce AEGIS properly
(X) have used typing rooms at the library
(X) have reserved a classroom, AVR, etc. for a class or org function
(X) have asked the library for an endorsement to research in other libraries
(X) have lost a perfectly functioning umbrella (that wasn't mine...it was our log's during orsem..he hates me!)
(X) have used consultation hours properly
(X) Looked forward to lab breakage refund, in case you didn't break any equipment
(X) visit the Guidance Office
(X) and Infirmary (creepy!)

Currently reading: Ecology
Currently feeling: sleepy

Posted by jabberwocky on May 8, 2007 at 10:59 PM | dive on the sofa

July 30, 2006

BS Hardening of Hearts

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I always knew them as sophisticated, cunning and gentle creatures, who always thought of themselves as superior. They were stealthy predators, who were in the higher end of the food chain. As pets or friends, they were affectionate and playful, and yet would not submit to the demands of a life by the leash. I would have to say that this trait separated cats from their canine counterparts, who would willingly fetch the ball and follow you all around all day. They were very much willing to take part and interact with the human world, but had a life of their own, and their respective owners would just have to respect that fact.

I had this distinct picture of these cuddly, cute and adorable animals in my mind ever sinceâ€¦ until today.

3rd floor, comparative anatomy laboratory. Piles of dead bodies. The hardened remains of what used to be cats. And biology students, dragging the heavy carcasses all around the laboratory, as if they were carrying pieces of luggage, as if they were bartering for goods in a flea market. Stunned creatures with their mouths and eyes wide open, they looked like they were stuck in a nightmare, which they never woke up from. I found myself sharing this nightmare with themâ€¦but everyone else was awake and oblivious to the horror of this massacre. They were blinded by science. Or maybe I was blinded by my own emotions. For a while there I was confused as to what this course really was. What I initially thought of as BS Biology, now seems to be BS Killing, or BS Hardening of Hearts.

[A histrionic catharsis on my first encounter with feline mass murder]

Posted by jabberwocky on July 30, 2006 at 02:11 PM | 1 couch potato/es

June 15, 2006

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(89) Things I Have Lived Through (..ang drama naman..haha)
Put numbers instead of x's [1, 2, 3, 4...].)

[1] I have read a lot of books.
[2] I have been on some sort of varsity team. (once lang nagtrain HAHA)
[3] I have run more than 2 miles without stopping.
[] I have been to Canada.

[4] I have been to Europe.
[5] I have watched cartoons for hours.
[6] I have tripped UP the stairs.
[] I have fallen down an entire flight of stairs.
[7] I have been snowboarding/skiing.

[8] I have played ping pong.
[9] I swam in the ocean.
[ ] I have been on a whale watch.
[10] I have seen fireworks.

[ ] I have seen a shooting star.
[ ] I have seen a meteor shower.
[11] I have almost drowned.
[12] I have been so embarrassed I wanted to disappear.

[13] I have listened to one CD over and over and over again.
[ ] I have had stitches.
[ ] I have had frostbite.
[ ] I have licked a frozen pole and got stuck there.
[14] I have stayed up til 2 (and beyond) doing homework/projects. ("uh, duh, it’s a lifestyle" -> i agree with Dino:D)

[ ] I have been ice skating.
[15] I have been rollerblading.
[16] I have fallen flat on my face. (and everyone laughed at me

)

[17] I have tripped over my own two feet.
[18] I have been in a fist fight. (Hehe..Borax anyone?)
[19] I have played videogames for more than 3 hours straight.
[20] I have watched the power rangers.

[21] I attend Church regularly.
[22] I have played truth or dare.
[23] I have already had my 16th birthday.
[24] I have already had my 17th birthday. (OK now I feel old..)
[25] I've called someone stupid.
[26] I've been in a verbal argument.
[27] I've cried in school. (Everyday!:D)
[ ] I've played basketball on a team. (Hmm..)
[ ] I've played baseball on a team.
[ ] I've played football on a team.

[28] I've played soccer on a team. (and I sucked!)
[ ] I've done cheerleading on a team. (Uh ew? Hehe no offense)
[ ] I've played softball on a team.
[29] I've played volleyball on a team. (I am 4-2's greatest libero!! Haha)
[ ] I've played tennis on a team.
[ ] I've been on a track or cross country team.
[30] I've been swimming more than 20 times in my life.
[ ] I've bungee jumped.

[31] I've climbed a rock wall.
[32] I've lost more than $20
[33] I've called myself an idiot.
[34] I've called someone else an idiot.
[35] I've cried myself to sleep.
[36] I've had (or have) pets.
[37] I've owned a spice girls CD/cassette. (YEAA!!)
[38] I've owned a britney spears CD.
[39 ] I've owned an N*Sync CD.
[ ] I've owned a backstreet boys CD.
[ ] I've mooned someone.
[ ] I have sworn/yelled at someone of authority before.
[ ] I've been in the newspaper.
[ ] I've been on TV.
[ ] I've been to Hawaii.
[40] I've eaten sushi.
[ ] I've been on the other side of a waterfall.
[41] I've watched all of the Lord of the Rings movies.
[42] I've watched all the Harry Potter movies.
[ ] I've watched all of the Rocky movies. DUN DUN DUN
[ ] I've watched the 3 stooges.
[ ] I've watched "Newlyweds" Nick & Jessica.
[43] I've watched Looney Tunes.
[ ] I've been stuffed into a locker/I have stuffed others into lockers.

[44] I've been called a geek.
[45] I've studied hard for a test and got a bad grade. (PAK MATH!!!)
[46] I've not studied at all for a test and aced it.
[47] I've hugged my mom within the past 24 hrs.
[ ] I've hugged my dad within the past 24 hours.
[48] I've met a celebrity/music artist. (Si Nina..HAHA..and Akafellas in Ek)
[49] I've written poetry.
[ ] I've been arrested.

[50] I've been attracted to someone much older than me.
[51] I've been tickled till I've cried.
[52] I've tickled someone else until they cried.
[53] I've had/have siblings.
[ ] I've been to a rock concert. (not exactly rock...)

[54] I've listened to classical music and enjoyed it.
[55] I've been in a play. (Peter the Chimney Sweeper)
[ ] I've been picked last in gym class.
[ ] I've been picked first in gym class.
[ ] I've been picked in that middle-range in gym class.

[56] I've cried in front of my friends.
[ ] I've read a book longer than 1,000 pages.
[ ] I've played Halo 2.
[57] I've freaked out over a sports game. (I prayed the rosary for La Salle to win over Ateneo in a UAAP Finals game pa..haha)
[ ] I've been to Alaska.

[ ] I've been to China.
[ ] I've been to Spain.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[58] I've had a fight with someone on AIM/MSN.
[59] I've had a fight with someone face-to-face.
[60] I've had serious conversations on any IM.

[61] I've forgiven someone who has done something wrong to me.
[62] I've been forgiven.
[63] I've screamed at a scary movie.
[64] I've cried at a chick flick.
[ ] I've watched a lot of action movies.
[65] I've screamed at the top of my lungs.
[ ] I've been to a rap concert.

[ ] I've been to a hip hop concert.
[ ] I've lived in more than 2 houses.
[66] I've driven on the highway/been on the highway. (been)
[67] I've driven more than 40 miles in a day/been in a car that went more than 40 miles in a day.
[68] I've been in a car accident.

[ ] I've done drugs.
[69] I've been homesick.
[70] I've thrown up.
[ ] I've puked on someone.
[71] I've gone horseback riding.

[ ] I've filled out more than 10 MySpace/LJ surveys.
[72] I've spoken my mind in public.
[73] I've proven someone wrong.
[74] I've been proven wrong by someone.
[ ] I've broken a leg.

[ ] I've broken an arm.
[ ] I've fallen off a swing.
[ ] I've swung on a swing for more than 30 minutes straight
[ ] I've watched Winnie the Pooh movies.
[ ] I've forgotten my backpack when I've gone to school.

[ ] I've lost my backpack.
[ ] I've come close to dying.
[ ] I've seen someone die.
[75] I've known someone who has died.
[76] I've wanted to be an actor/actress at some point.

[ ] I've done modeling.
[77] I've forgotten to brush my teeth some mornings.
[78] I've taken something/someone for granted.
[79] I've realized how good my life is.
[80] I've counted my blessings.
[81] I've made fun of a classmate.
[82] I've been asked out by someone and I said no.

[83] I've slapped someone in the face.
[ ] I've been skateboarding.
[84] I've been backstabbed by someone I thought was a friend.
[85] I've lied to someone to their face.
[86] I've told a little white lie.

[ ] I've taken a day off from school just so I don't go insane.
[ ] I've fainted.
[87] I've had an argument with someone about whether cheerleading is a sport or not.
[ ] I've pushed someone into a pool.
[ ] I've been pushed into a pool.
[89] I've been/am in love.

Posted by jabberwocky on June 15, 2006 at 04:11 PM | dive on the sofa

June 9, 2006

Dear Jabberwocky

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Dear Jabberwocky,

I'm sorry I haven't been blogging for quite some time now. You have been nothing but wonderful and kind to me, listening to me until the wee hours of the morning, allowing me to use you as the ultimate catharsis to my most intense and craziest emotions. You've been a witness to the many thoughts and experiences I have come across in life. My ideas are fleeting as well as the life that I have, but you have helped me immortalize them onto this plasma screen. You stood by me, patiently to hear me at my most pathetic moments, and you were there to celebrate with me when I've created something great. This line that connects us will be indelible, Jabberwocky. Please do not feel bad that I often spend time with my Blogspot. You are the most user-friendly blogging device I've ever known. However, I sometimes feel trapped and limited by the lack of skins I can use for this blog... And sometimes I cannot totally reveal what is on my mind because many people are able to witness the conversations between us. I hope you will someday learn to break free and explore life beyond this html supported box. I promise to visit you.

I hope you understand Jabberwocky.

Sincerely,

Cat

Currently listening to: Camille Velasco's rendition of One Last Cry

Posted by jabberwocky on June 9, 2006 at 08:03 PM | dive on the sofa

February 8, 2006

Our Friendly Friends

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Here are 2 photos of our friendliest friends in the house:

Untitled Figure 1 Figure 2

Fig. 1 : Our ever-famous friend, commonly know to us as Mr. Ipis, is shown here, courtesy of a dissecting microscope and my faithful Canon Ixus 40. Hehe. Caught in just a few minutes. Abundant kasi dito. Haha!

Fig. 2 : Our next friendly friend, is no less parasitic than a common classmate, Mr. Garapata. From the Class Chelicerata, his humble mouthparts are friendly enough- if we're willing to have our blood sucked.

And that's all for today folks, join us again as we get to know more of our friendly friends here on earth! All thanks to nature and technology.

Currently feeling: crazy

Posted by jabberwocky on February 8, 2006 at 10:35 PM | dive on the sofa

February 6, 2006

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I need a break from pulmonates, cepahalopods, bivalves and annelids!! I'm looking forward to diving again this weekend...my motivation for the week. Although I expect this week to be heavy and filled with a lot of requirements, it's just much better having the reasearch paper off my mind now.

Whatever you do, choose life / the thoughts on your mind, choose life /
Wherever you go, choose life / ...Choose life

-Urbandub

Currently listening to: Urbandub's Soul Searching
Currently reading: Guide to dissecting snails
Currently feeling: nothing

Posted by jabberwocky on February 6, 2006 at 05:29 PM | dive on the sofa

January 19, 2006

Anilao Beybe!!

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There's nothing better than the sea now. It is the escape from every nightmare on land. It is (as geeky as it sounds) every biologist's paradise. Although I am a complete worshipper of books and words, nothing can compare to this magnificence. I met Nemo, Dory, Patrick (Spongebob's best friend), and the funny pufferfish that goes *poof* like a volleyball when you agitate it. Sayang nga lang my camera was not equipped to take you there.