December 2008, My Busiest Month!

They say, the Philippines has the longest celebration of Christmas wherein we, Filipinos, celebrate it from September to January.
Most of students wait for the Christmas vacation so they can do their thing like what I do. As I had written an article entitled Busiest Week, I declare this month of December the busiest month. I recalled the moments I had this month and I have noticed that I have been committed to different activities.
After my activity last December 12, I was busy doing my projects in A. P. and Mathematics which I’ve passed last December 15 and 17. We, the counterparts of school teachers and staff, were so lucky not to take the remedial examination in most of our subjects.
Our Christmas party was held on the 18th day of the month. I was busy that day though. After the party, I went to SM Megamall and I skated on ice with my friends….and all by myself. After the ice skating, I went to Booksale to look for some books. I also wandered that day just to see anything. I have learned that it was the premiere night of Ang Tanging Ina N’yong Lahat. I didn’t see personally all the actors and actresses who attended the first showing of the movie but I saw Zanjoe Marudo together with Mariel Rodriguez and Maricar de Mesa together with her basketball player husband. During the wait for the artists, I went to Astroplus and looked for some VCDs and DVDs. I bought Fantastic 4 and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Witch, The Lion, and The Wardrobe which I liked best.
The next day, I’ve patiently waited for my groupmates in Filipino to do our project but nobody came.
On the 20th day of December, I went to Bataan then came back to Manila the next day but I left my charger. My aunt came to Divisoria, Manila with my charger to buy there.
That same day, I went to SM Mall of Asia alone and I watched the Crissa Dance Contest wherein my friends were participants representing our school. Unfortunately, they didn’t make it to win. For me, their performance that time was not good enough compare to their last performances.
On the eve of December 24, I met my classmates at Julie’s Bakeshop for our Christmas Carol. We had collected 2270 pesos. Most of my classmates including me, welcomed the Christmas on the street (and that was our first time).
On Christmas day, I stayed in our home then attended the Christmas mass together with my family. After the mass, we opened our gifts placed under our Christmas tree.
I was invited to attend a birthday party the next day. I went to Ma. Diochel Basalo’s house and I learned from Mark Anthony Bajo and Kin Erick Somera that Juan Lorenzo Ortega invited them to attend their family Christmas trip. Knowing that Elma Tondo, Amee Florence Payno, and Lorenzo Perillio wouldn’t come, I voluntarily told them that I would come. I also went to Lara Maglaque’s house and we drank there.
The next day, I went to Ortegas house late though I woke up early in the morning. Only Bagj, Kin, and I joined Ortegas’ Christmas trip at Batangas. We were very happy indeed. I had met Jurenz' relatives there and had fun with them. I came back to Manila the next evening.
Yesterday, I stayed in our house and did wash my clothes.
In this moment, I am busy typing at the computer café then after this, I will be going to SM Megamall to buy another gifts.

Busiest Week

This is the busiest week I ever had in my life. I wasn’t able to post an entry last week because I was and I am very busy.
Last Monday, the SSC held an activity which aims to showcase students’ talents through Inter-Club/Org Christmas Presentation.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday, I acted as an English Coordinator for our school’s annual activity – Boys and Girls Week. I am included at the top students in fourth year that’s why my other nine classmates and I were given a position by our beloved principal, Dr. Ma. Cecelia A. Garay – we acted as a management.
Last Thursday morning, the SSC held the teachers’ day of our school, our teachers were happy. My adviser, Ms. Grizelda Buenaventura Roxas, looked like a “kawawa” one because my classmates didn’t give their gifts to her as soon as they could (as a part of their ‘presentation’) and because of this, it made me cry. I was pity for her – I had mixed emotions after that. Mrs. Lopez told us that the ‘plays’ she had assigned us to act will be done on January instead of next week. I had received an invitation afterwards to attend the recognition day held Thursday afternoon, organized by the Guidance Council together with the Peer Council.
Yesterday morning, I acted as a child sitter together with the other students of our school. It was a Christmas celebration with the street children organized by Family Council, Supreme Student Council, and Peer Council. I was with Biboy, my ‘alaga’. We had fun. He has become famous because ma’am Garay gave him a reward for he sung the Philippine National Anthem good unlike the others. Because of him, I remembered Carlito whom I taught how to dance when he was in grade 1 and I was in grade 4. Yesterday afternoon, the SSC took charged the selling of bottles and cans in response to our project, BOTE MO, IALAY MO. We’ve waited so long for the truck to get the bottles. Jerwin Tablizo, Bernadette Bundang, Camille Nagaño, Roxanne Mataguihan, and I rode the truck to get the money. We imagined that we were in a motorcade despite the bad smelling bottles. We had fun riding at the truck. We had 936 pesos, we spent 35 pesos for the transportation going back to the school so we have 901 pesos now. When we were back, we went to the office of the director and reported to our club advisers. We had discussed stories regarding how the teachers teach.
I am now in front of PC for our project in A.P. and Mathematics to be passed on December 15 and 17.

The Mysterious Death of Marky Cielo

I was surprised when I heard the news last Sunday, after Manny ‘Pacman” Pacquiao’s Dream Match, that Mark Angelo Cielo a.k.a. Marky Cielo has passed away with a mysterious reason. According to the news, he was found by his mother in their house at Antipolo lying in the floor, her mother took him to the hospital but he was declared ‘dead on arrival’.
There are some stories came out regarding Marky’s sudden death. They say, he committed suicide, he had a nightmare but nobody can prove these theories.
According to my reliable source, she heard Marky’s mom interview at SiS saying,”hindi ko alam kung pa’no namin malalampasan ang problemang ‘to sa ginawa ni Marky…”. The word was GINAWA which means what he DID. Can you do the nightmare? So it means that he had committed suicide. Apparently, that as the first assumption of my source but another issue had come up.








LJ Reyes has been involved with Marky Cielo. After the LJ Reyes-Alfred Vargas break-up, we heard the news that LJ was committed with the grandson of Henry Sy. According to the issue, LJ agreed to be courted by Marky for a reason that she might have broken with her boyfriend. Another is, LJ and Marky had a relationship. In this case, we can say that Marky might not committed suicide instead, he was killed. The question is, who killed him?...
You may guess who was he or she.

My Blog... My Blog... My Blog...

It’s been two weeks already since I signed up here. The primary reason why I registered here is because of an article I have read on our English workbook – an open letter to our leaders written by Bong Austero – he is the reason why I am typing an entry for my blog now in front of PC in a computer shop. He is the one I ‘blame’ for all of these things. I like what he had written there – the thing he was pointing out, there is also a word in that article I can’t forget and I used to say in my mind although, it has nothing to do with me – the word flabbergasted (I wonder why I didn’t find this word in the New Handy Webster Dictionary of my mother but I found it in my Longman Dictionary). Austero’s article influenced me to make a page like his.
Another reason is that I practise myself in constructing correct English grammar (actually, I am an advocate of Philippine Linguistics which aims to feed Filipinos minds to use correct tagalog words to construct correct tagalog grammar) in preparation to the course I will be taking up after my high school (AB Mass Communication; BSE major in English).

Basketball – Filipino’s Favorite Game Ever!

Basketball is the most famous game in the whole world commonly played by men. Different personalities around the world have become famous because of this sport like Micheal Jordan, Elmore Smith, Brian Williams, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Briant, and Earvin “Magic” Johnson.

Here in our country, basketball players have achieved fame in this sport like Asi Taulava, Robert Jaworski, Philip Caesar, Chris Tiu, James Yap, and many more.

In Arellano University Plaridel Campus, my high school, male students usually play basketball (as their hobby) during recess time, lunch break, and dismissal especially when there are no activities in the quadrangle such as try-outs for volleyball and basketball, and practices of varsity players.

I remember a scene, in relation to my thoughts about basketball, while I was walking together with my friends at the quadrangle as we were going home (November 17, 2008) – I was in second year, we were having our intramurals, it was lunch break, and Joshua D. Guillarte, Pamela Luz O. Pantaleon and I were walking then I was hit on my head by the ball used in basketball (of course, they asked for apology and some laughed at that moment but I wasn’t affected, I just ignored what had happened); another one is I was talking with my teacher as he was facilitating the students in the poster-making contest then I heard students screaming, when I took a look at my back I saw the ball of basketball coming on my way and then PUFF! It slapped on my face, I wasn’t able to avoid the ball because it was too near to escape (of course, they asked for apology and some laughed at that moment but it really hurt). By the time I was reminiscing those moments, a ball hit my finger – and that was a basketball ball. Again.






Actually, I thought to write this story of mine because I am interested in basketball but I do not know how to play it despite the height I have – I should know this kind of game but I know nothing about it… that is past, I am now reading some materials, books, magazines, with regards to this game so that I would have knowledge about this and only application is all I need now but no one knows that I want to play basketball because I do not say it. I do not tell it to anyone. Yes, I have friends but I am not telling it to them that I want to – they already know I play not basketball. They don’t even ask me a try.
The truth is I was able to play basketball when I was in grade 4 together with my classmates Emmanuel and Andrew because the first asked me to.

I want to play basketball not only because it is a famous sport nor Filipinos really like this game, but because I want to.

I have chosen a person who I want to teach me but I can’t tell him because I am ashamed – ashamed because I am old enough to ask somebody else to teach me… whew! I hope somebody to teach me basketball… I want to play basketball…

Leadership Training - a way for leaders to be connected...

Yesterday [November 14, 2008 (Friday)], I attended a leadership training seminar entitled "D8 tau Liders! an engagement with student liders".

I went to the venue (Philippine Trade Training Center, located at Pasay City near MoA) together with our Supreme Student Council adviser Mr. John Jameson A. Pajita; our SSC president Jerwin M. Tablizo; our SSC treasurer Daniela Monique L. Bie who left the seminar around 4 o ‘clock because she had something to do and somewhere to go – in short, an emergency!; our trainees Jonica Rose Ocsan and Sallo whom I forgot the first name.

When we arrived at the venue, Mr. Pajita and Jerwin registered. We were surprised because we were not expecting that we would not be sitting in one table. We sat in different tables according to our numbers which is indicated in our i.d’s.

A coconut tree located at Makati City, going to Philippine

Trade Training Center

The first table which was occupied in just a couple of minutes was ours. I have met Edcris Paulo A. Tiglao from Don Bosco College Canlubang, one of the staffs of the seminar; Mary Chris Rhianne M. Ardines from Don Bosco High School Sta. Cruz, Laguna, the 2nd one arrived at the venue; Eunice Claire A. Capili from Makati Science High School, chubby (uy! don’t get mad at me huh?), the 4th one arrived at the venue (I think someone from the group has crush on her); Elzen T. Alafriz from Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo High School, the 5th one; Louise Anne D. Luces from Maria Montessori?...I am not sure, the 6th one; Kris Marou S. Buzmion (Ymah the eMo…hehe) from Caritas Don Bosco School, the 7th one; John Paul P. Irigayen (he prefers to be called JP) from Our Lady of Pilar Montessori Center, the 8th one; Martin Joshua P. Samson (he prefers to be called Jhong) from Lourdes School of Mandaluyong (our school stands at the same city), the 9th one, he looks like Roswin – white Roswin(my 3rd year friend); and last but not the least Kristine Joy E. Fedilo from Stella Maris College (but she isn’t a college student yet).

The said seminar was okay, there are lots of activities. I have learned so many things from the speakers, the venue was good and also the food they served. I had fun yesterday although I was irritated because of my co-leaders (I don’t want to talk about it anymore), that’s why I did not talk to them and shared nothing to them but I talked to them when my anger was gone.
I got their contact numbers, I took them pictures and also a video. We had an “autograph signing” in a drumstick. I miss them! Haha!...

Survivor Philipinnes - a bad influence to Filipinos?

I am not an avid fan of Survivor ever since. I remember when I was a child, I used to see our eldest brother watching Survivor at Studio 23. It seemed he liked the show very much and I wondered why.

If I am not mistaken, it was summer when GMA-7 broadcasted that they have the Pinoy version of Survivor (which they named Survivor Philippines).

I’ve been waiting for the premiere of the show because I wanted to know how they are going to manage it.
Actually, I was disappointed when I found out that they did the challenges at Koh Tarurao, Thailand but I learned later on from Paolo Bediones, host of Survivor Philippines, that it is a part of the rules.

My mother really does not want this reality show. She keeps on opposing me whenever I defend it. She keeps on telling me that you will get no good values from it instead, you will adapt that bad attitudes of the castaways. In other words, this reality show influences you badly!

Well, I just ignore her thoughts because I know in myself, I won’t imitate them, I won’t be like them.

…I think, I know the answer and I am not wondering now why too many Filipinos like me, attract at this kind of reality show.

Bayani "BF" Fernando does not deserve to win!

“I was still surprised when I saw and heard on television that Bayani “BF” Fernando wins.”


At the beginning of Celebrity Duets season 2 of GMA-7, I was patiently watching for the introduction of the contestants and the way they perform but unfortunately, I wasn’t able to watch them all that night.

I watched BF’s performance in an episode of All Star K! the one million peso videoke challenge! and I told my mother that he has no right to sing or what they call “walang ‘k’ kumanta” which she agreed. As I keep on watching every Saturday night, I have noticed that BF was still there and wasn’t easily out of the contest though I know he performs badly. Because of that, my mother and I had a guess that he won’t be easily evicted and there is a possibility that he would win.

On the last Saturday night of the show, our guess happened. I was still surprised when I saw and heard on television that Bayani “BF” Fernando wins.

He performed atrociously and he won – you cannot blame us if we thought that there was a padrino system happened between BF’s party and the people behind the show.

Sorry… to those who will be affected by this journal but this is how I reflected on this matter.