Down with the Lehman brothers

(I told Peejo I'll be working on my paper but here I am blogging again tsk tsk tsk...)

Don't ask me about the Wall Street crisis. I was just speedreading through the latest issue of Time and started thinking about my financial status. It's not much I tell you. Not that I'll be filing for bankruptcy anytime soon, but now I'm bothered why there really isn't much in my bank account. What sucks is that I am no big spender (but I don't get paid a lot either) and it's been a practice to transfer all my salary in another account right after I withdraw from the payroll AND YET it never got out of this plateau huhuhu! I blame myself for getting this crappy insurance premium which sucks the life out of me every 3 months when I could have had saved up for a US trip already. It had been different then, WHEN I WAS STILL EARNING FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AS WHAT I'M EARNING NOW! Rats.

Sigh. The pains of being in the noblest profession on earth. I hope my mom and dad extends their pity on me and pay for my US trip this summer (hahahaha!)

And so it was...

... the Ateneo Blue Eagles won the championship game in UAAP's 71st season last Thursday. How can I not beam with pride for my Alma Mater? It was a much-deserved win, having just lost once this season - and that is according to my 4-year old student Rapa who has learned to recognize two-digit numbers from looking at the scoreboard when he watches the games live (e.g. "62 is bigger than 51 so Ateneo wins!"). And guess what! He knows by heart which player wears which number, and who's the center, forward, guard, etc etc! Wow. I want my son to be just like that :)

OK, back to the game. I was only watching from the treadmills with TV at the gym, taking a peek from time to time while we reviewed the steps with Neil. I didn't really see Maierhoffer and the dirty finger, nor the so-called "biased" referee, nor LaSalle's refusal to receive their trophy and medals. The latter totally turned me off, for it just cements how much of a sore loser they are. Really, it makes me think that LaSalle can't accept that they're not even number one with the only thing they're good at. Hahaha. I can feel angry retorts building up from the green side of the fence :) Just read on first!

It really gets ridiculous how they inculcate the school spirit nowadays. Case in point, lifesize posters of the men's basketball team along the walkway? Are you freaking serious?! Talo pa ang mga anito o di kaya mga santo! School merchandise emblazoned with big green/black/white initials displayed in glass cases near the quadrangle? Sheesh. Pero sige, I haven't been to Ateneo in the last 3 years, for all I know they've set up the same pathetic displays (I hope someone can confirm this). During my time, it has never been blatant, I dunno about now tho. Pero naman, there's so much more beyond basketball! But I have to admit, it makes life really exciting hahaha!

Again, back to the game. Sorry for deviating. I mean, do our children really need to see that kind of behavior? Pardon me, my LaSallian friends, I may have already angered you at this point :) I know a lot of you are achievers beyond the realm of basketball, but it's just sad that the reputation that you worked hard for are tainted by a handful of people who are just too full of themselves. And this makes me so proud to be an Atenean all the more. The Blue Eagles may not have always been this strong a contender in the league, but they've always exhibited admirable sportsmanship through and through. And just like Ate Jen said in her blog, if only they willingly accepted their defeat, they would have still emerged victorious in the eyes of their supporters.

How much do you love me?

"I wouldn't think twice about throwing myself in the way of an oncoming truck just to save your life."

Huwaaaaaaw!!!!

Memory gap

We learn a new dance, about 5 sets of 8 counts and I'm fine. But when Neil says we practice the previous one, I'd always go, "Pano ulit yon?" They had to show me the first few steps. Then I can follow. Cool down time and he'll make us dance the new one again, and still I go, "Ummm pano nga ulit?"

Friends would ask me if I've seen this movie and that movie but when they ask me details about it (much more dialogues) and my mind goes blank. If I don't discuss a movie that I just watched with someone, I won't remember it at all, unless I watch it again.

In class, I have to look at the teacher and position myself in front if I really do want to listen and spend my tuition wisely, and I have to replay what transpired during that hour for me to retain what has been discussed. If I didn't care or if I lacked sleep, you'd see me munching on something in the far corner of the room.

Sometimes it bothers me how forgetful I can be. I mean, I'm only 28 and sometimes my mom remembers things and events far better than me! Sheesh. Peejo says I'm just thinking about tons of things all at the same time, leaving me with no room for new information. But sometimes it surprises me how I remember the smallest detail of irrelevant things. Looks like Alzheimer's gonna get me later on.

Sunny days chasing the clouds away...

This blog has been quiet for weeks now. I haven't been THAT busy to write anything, I just didn't feel like it. There's a lot to write about but not enough drive. Anyway, I'm feeling very cheery nowadays for the following reasons:

1. I'M WELL!!! - the antibiotics that Kuya Marts gave me worked (they're expensive so they better work). I consumed the last of it (together with the mucolytic) Thursday morning and I'm feeling as energetic as ever. Peejo and I jogged again around AAV this afternoon an hour after my dance class and I'm very proud to say that I've been running longer! I no longer have shortness of breath and despite the uneven terrain I managed to cover greater distances without having to rest. In less than an hour we finished the route that normally takes an hour and 15 minutes to finish. Yay! I may be able to cover the whole route without resting sooner than I think!

2. I'll be able to attend Fran's birthday and practice on Saturday! - well what do you know, everything's falling according to plan, just when I thought that I'll have a hard time this weekend. Peejo's really a lifesaver! I'll be bonding with gym friends again, and we'll be practicing for this inter-branch dance competition this October. Dancing is one thing that really keeps me going and looking forward to every week. And if we do win first prize, then it's gonna be a feat I'll be damn proud of!

3. Someone's making each day brighter :) - nothing compares to having someone do all sorts of things with you (food trip, Prison Break marathons, jogging, homework, Yoville on Facebook, mass, road trips, concerts... the list goes on and on) and enjoying every minute of it! Okay, okay it stops there lest this post is oozing with cheese. Masaya ko, masaya sya, his family's very warm with me, we vow to take care of ourselves for each other, hehehehe basta yun na yon!

Hmmm... doesn't look like a long list after all. But that's what my life in a nutshell is nowadays :)

What would you say if...

...somebody who's been smoking half his life suddenly quit cold turkey (without being nagged about it) just because "gusto kitang makasama ng mas matagal"?

(and not a puff for almost two weeks now.)

Nakanampuch.