chocster chronicles

PBB!

2005-10-25T18:38:00.000+08:00

hmm...mejo naadik na ako sa pinoy big brother ah. lagi na kasi akong nanonood. well, sembreak nga naman kasi. daily routine ko ngayon ay kain-tulog-tv-kain. balik na naman ako sa pagiging couch potato ko. hehe!

sino pla sa tingin niyo mananalo? kung si janrich tatanungin niyo, malaman isasagot niya ay si SAY. (ayos ba, janrich?) hehe!

*malapit na nga pala mag-start yung NBA season. yey! nakaka-takot yung miami at spurs ngayon. mukhang magcha-champion na ata talaga yung heat ngayon season.

isang maikling kwento

2005-10-21T18:52:00.000+08:00

grabe and mga taxi drivers dito sa metro manila (pero nde naman lahat). kung may pagkakataon sila, dudugasan ka talaga ng mga ito. at eto nga mismo ang na-experience ko nung huli akong sumakay ng taxi.

pauwi na akong bohol. nakita yung isa sa mga taxi na nakapila sa gilid ng SM makati. walang akong nakitang ibang naka-pila. sabi ko sa sarili ko, "ayos to."

sinabi ko sa driver, "sa south harbour po. dyan malapit sa manila hotel." pumayag siya.

pero wala pang 20 metro ang nalakbay namin ay bigla niyang sinabi, "boss, 150 na lang." bigla napansin ko na hindi pa pala naka-on yung meter.

mejo namahalan ako sa 150 na singil niya kaya di ako pumayag. bigla ko ding sinabi, "manong, mga 120 lang ata yun."

noong summer break kasi nakasakay na din ako ng taxi galing SM makati/glorietta area pero di ko na talaga maalala kung magkano nabayaran ko dati. ang naalala ko lang mga 100+ yung bayad ko dati. binigyan ko na lang ng allowance ng 20 pesos kaya naging 120. itong thought process na 'to ay nangyari sa loob lamang ng isang segundo.

di pumayag yung driver. kaya tinawaran ko. sabi ko, "sige, 130 na lng." naisip niya siguro na yun na yung last tawad ko kaya nag-meter na lang siya. ayos! isang puntos para sa akin.

score: 1-0
lamang si choc.

after mga 5 minuto, tinanong ako ng driver. kelan daw ako nag-bayad ng 120? sabi ko, "nung May." naisip ko, nagmahal na nga pala yung gasolina kaya baka nga tama siya na 150 yung ibabayad ko sa kanya. may sinabi siya pero di na ko narinig (or di ko pinakinggan) ng mabuti. di niya ata nagustohan yung narinig niya na May pa yung 120 ko na bayad.

nagsimula ng uminit yung labanan naming dalawa.

madami siyang mga sinabi. mahirap na daw yung buhay ngayon. ang mahal pa ng gasolina. naisip ko, "estudyante pa lang naman ako kaya sa ibang tao ka na lang mandugas hayop ka." pero ang nasabi ko lang ay, "manong, estudyante pa lng nman ako." paawa effect na lang ginawa ko. baka kasi effective.

pagkatapos nun ay tumahimik siya. pero maya-maya ay nag-stop siya sa isang gas station para..well, magpa-gas. sabi niya dun sa gas boy, "3 leters lang tsong." maya-maya ay sinabi niya, "boss, may 120 ka?"

di ko alam kung bkit binigay ko yung 120 pesos ko. naisip ko lng pagkatapos, "bakit ko nga ba binigay yung pera ko? wala ba siyang pera?" naisahan niya ata ako dun ah. grrr!

score: 1-2
lamang yung taxi driver.

nung palapit na kami sa south harbour ay chineck ko yung meter...115 lng. ayos! pero mukhang lalampas yata ng 120. hinalungkat ko bag ko para maghanap ng barya. naku, 2 pesos lng. 2.50 pa yung bawat patak ng metro.

pero bigla kong naalala, kelangan ko pla bumili ng mga pagkain. mga 150 meters siguro (parang si jacob no?) ay nakakita ako ng convenience store. nung pinara ko yung taxi dun mismo sa tapat ng store, bigla kong chineck yung meter. 120 pesos! saktong-sakto!

ayun, feeling ko lang tuloy naisahan ko yung madugas na driver na yun. hehe!

final score: 3-2
panalo ako. yahoo!

***ang babaw ko noh?! :)

it's official...

2005-10-17T18:35:00.000+08:00

the semester's finally over! wohoo!

i did the layout for our marketing plan. simple yet matrabaho (especially the cover). it's the content that matters anyway. as james said, "di nyo madadaan si clemente sa mga ganyan (fancy images, colours, layout and stuff)" he recalled one group submitting a 20-page (lang!) MP and even got a grade of 1.0! another group passed a full-color MP but got a grade of 2.0.

God bless to the 118ers who'll be taking their final exam on Friday. :)

let's all enjoy the break. (while it lasts) hehe!

haay!

2005-10-13T21:04:00.000+08:00

sa wakas, natapos din!

our work for networx has officially ended a few hours ago. man, was it tiring!
being just one of two layout artists is HARD! next semester, there will be 3 (three!) layout artists in the networx team. the EOs definitely heard our cries and the occasional 'magre-resign na ako!' lines. nevertheless, it's all worth it.

the 4th and last issue of networx for this semester would be handed out tomorrow at the induction ball. for all those who can get it, be sure to check out aimee's answer in #7 on page 12 (the centerfold). nakakatawa talaga! aimee suffered the same fate as boiboi's. hehe!

next up, marketing plan! i hope the power of barbs is in me tonight. that also goes to my fellow team dream cream groupmates. :)

i am the king!

2005-10-11T23:11:00.000+08:00

no less than isildur's heir himself! hah!

got this test through maam A's blog. try it here!

a commercial break!

2005-10-08T18:06:00.000+08:00

scene: national bookstore katipunan

character: gladys

plot: gladys was browsing through some books when she suddenly spotted something in a book about logos.

lo and behold!

it was the logo of CHOC -- the children's hospital of orange county with a bear and a heart in it! talk about coincidence!

hihi!

it's been a while...

2005-10-08T16:59:00.001+08:00

much has happened since my last post (exactly 31 days since). it won't deter me from writing some of them here though. let's start with the up pep squad. they only managed to grab 2nd place and ust cheered on to their 4th straight uaap cheerdance crown. we really wanted to see up win after purchasing tickets at their "market" value from a scalper (5 times the actual ticket price.)

then there was the finex competition. up certainly got even with ust on this one. kudos to the team! (go gilliane, mak, jaemi, lynne & ana) one of the highlights of the competition was the heated argument during latter part of the second round. it was sir peds and sir doliente vs the judges. and oh, also that atenean guy with his "if all dogs bark..." speech cut short. and i almost forgot that kenkoy guy with his bow tie. he is really funny. trust me.

there were also the occasional exams and papers. i even finished one just now. that reminds me, we only have ONE exam and ONE paper before were done for the semester. :) that reminds me also of the upcoming semester together with the numbers 1, 2, and 3. :(

then yesterday was bowling day. gladys and i availed of that bowl-all-you-can-for-an-hour at SM North. after only a handful (my fourth crack at bowling) of games, the student finally beat his sensei (twice!). haha!

that's all for now folks. more stories still to come. right after this commercial break...

gusto ko...

2005-09-07T11:05:00.000+08:00

...malaman kung pano pagandahin blog ko.

...makarating sa buwan.

...si HB2.

...matulog.

...kumain ng kumain.

...na maraming mag-comment na maganda yung blog ko
(pero alam kong alang kwenta)

...na maraming mag-comment kung pano pa mapapaganda
yung blog ko.

...lagyan ng mga photoshop eklat yung blog ko.

...zZZzz

ang aking blog..

2005-09-07T10:53:00.000+08:00

hay naku!

bangag na ako...

first time ko gumawa ng blog...

may exam pa ako sa finance...

tama na...

panget ng first post...

oh well!