in the moment.

currently listening to: in the moment/sister hazel.

it's been exactly a week since graduation, and about a month and a half since the last time i went to school for actual academic purposes. still, i feel no urge to go out and look for work. i'm not bored. at all. and i'm in absolutely no hurry to turn my life over to corporate cutthroats.

well, in fairness to myself, my resume is semi-updated (i haven't graduated from college in my resume yet), and i've begun collecting email addresses of exactly..*2* companies i PLAN on e-mailing, and PLAN on applying to... eventually.

the thing is, i'm having so much fun with my friends marathon, with going to school to have lunch/dinner with old friends, and with finishing up the yearbook. i'm completely okay with spending the day at home to clean my room, or with going shopping with my mom or sister. and i like being 100% available to hang out with my friends or watch a good movie on HBO.

with the way it's going, the only reason i'm ever going to get my lazy butt to start looking for work is because of extreme poverty... so it's a good thing i found a little money (and gift certicates to SM!) among my old accounting notes the other night.

so for now... no, i'm not quite so keen on joining the corporate world yet. my own little wenk world is going pretty well.

anyone free for dinner? i am! ;).

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do you want to know how i've been spending the past 3 days?

i'll give you a hint: hours and hours and hours of internet research (and some hours of actual field research!!!), and countless questions directed towards my dad, mom, siblings, and friends. oh! here's another hint: the other night, i actually dreamt of logos.




200/200 babeh. 200/200.

download a blank copy of the logo test here. cmon try it. watch yourself lose your mind.

the post of a sentimental shmuck.

currently listening to: everything to me/liz phair.

last saturday, i officially said goodbye to the beautifully green alma mater i've loved and learned to call home for the past 18 years. of course, i will continue to love my school (and cheer for it when basketball season comes along and we finally get to play in it!), but it will be a completely different story because of the faces of the people that will no longer be there--the faces of the people i've learned to call my family over the past five years.

i am thankful for the many, many blessings that He has bestowed upon me over the past 5 years--blessings that have crammed, made lait, complained, cut class, shopped, watched movies, drank, posed for pictures, celebrated, cried, fallen in love, fallen out of love, copied homework, killed time, failed, passed, and laughed with me every single day of any given week.

i know that it isn't the end--definitely not. yet i can't help but feel saddened at the thought of not being able to go to school just to go to venue with jackie, or kel and lor (and do what?), or kill time in the amphi or the 5th floor bathroom with kel, or celebrate passing exams and subjects you know you didn't deserve to pass with your blockmates.

to my fantabulous blockmates: thank you for the endless people-watching in SJ, all the breaks spent at rhoda's and jj's dorm, the "study sessions" in Z2 at 7am, and the campouts at the photo lab. thank you for teaching me that the best way to release stress is through laughter, and that one can only afford to cry for just one minute--and have to move on. passing and failing will never be as fun again without all the novenas, hi-fives, pang-aasars, and hugs.

to my dearest, dearest green & white-mates: the past year has taught me what it's like to love what you do. seeing your faces, hearing your greetings, being enveloped in your hugs (and of course, the cold, cold aircon(!)) are what make climbing 80+ steps 5x a day worth it. of course, hindi pa tapos ang trabaho (dvd nalaaaaang!), but knowing that the end is near makes me want to work slower, because i don't think i'll ever be ready to say goodbye. sigh. oh well, tsaka na ako magsesenti.. pagkatapos ng yearbook launching =P.

to all the friends i've been blessed to make anywhere in between the courts of the sports complex to the benches of south gate, and to the professors and faculty whom i have been blessed to get to know better outside the beautiful and comforting walls of 2401 taft avenue: what a ride it's been. thank you for joining me.



le graduates of LC26!


le graduates of Green & White2006!

more pictures here.

prison break.

currently listening to: perfect/guster.

in the past two days, i have spent 17 hours in the same chair. in the same position. and no, not in the same clothes. it was 17 hours of the same unnerving feeling. of squirming around. of trying to figure out things on my own. of trying to figure out why they're doing what. of watching pieces of the puzzle fall into place.

i said goodbye to the real world for the weekend, and instead, hung out with my new friends. i ate my meals with them, i dug up holes with them, and felt like vomitting each time one of them would bleed. meet my friends--from fox river penitentiary.

i am a bum, and loving it.

the ultimate roadtrip.

currently listening to: perfectly/natalie imbruglia.

there's nothing greater in life than roadtrips (fine, there are better things, but you know what i mean).

what better way to spend a day than being crammed into a car with people who love to sing (and dance!) their little boy band hearts out and who snore so frightfully loud that they wake themselves up? i tell you, there is no better way.

destination: casa dona emilia, paoay, ilocos norte. and vince. :)
estimated travel time: 8 hours daw.
actual travel time: 14 hours going, 9&1/2 hours going back.
# of stopovers: too many to count. (don't forget to pass by vigan!)
person to blame for 50% of stopovers: dan. (wahahaha!)
total amount of money spent: hint: i have begun looking for a job.

it was quite a trip. i never really expected to see anything breathtaking in ilocos, or do anything except go to the beach--but lo and behold, we didn't really get to go to the beach because there were so many other things to see--and so much food to eat!

allow me to take you on a not-so-short tour of ilocos norte.
*pictures by hofi and his topakin camera*

cape bojeador lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in the philippines. if you go late in the afternoon like we did, you might be able to reach the manong who turns on the lighthouse--and you get to climb all 10 billion and one steps to the top! :) warning: not recommended for people with vertigo!







the windmill farm, located along the bangui bay shoreline. responsible for 30% of ilocos' electricity (i think). an overwhelming sight to see. you'll definitely be asking "mahangin ba sa labas?" after going here =P.





the absolutely gorgeous beaches of pagudpud. in our case, we stayed over at the kapuluan vista resort. just a tip--next time you go there, go during high tide so you can get surfing lessons! unfortunately, it was low tide when we went--nevertheless, the view was pretty darn great.





we went beach hopping after that and fell in love with all the beaches. we couldn't stay at some because they didn't serve food--so next time you go, remember to bring food...and your camera!!! you will SHOOT yourselves if you don't have a camera with you. the beaches there are so beautiful, they look absolutely fake.
don't believe me?





st.augustine church / paoay church, which is a beeeeyuuuutiful and huuuuuge church made of coral blocks and stucco plastered bricks. the inn we were staying at was conveniently located right beside the church, and so we attended 6:00am mass there. what we didn't foresee was that the mass would be in ilocano. oh well. God speaks ilocano, too. =P





so there you go. ilocos norte. of course, there are other places we saw that we didn't go to...but just HAD to take pictures of... >:)