Posted on: 2nd of July 2006 | Under: Life & Love
Yesterday officially marked the end of college life for me. I had been anxiously anticipating it since classes ended back in April, and walking up on stage to receive my diploma (well, temporary diploma) truly left me overwhelmed. Plus, graduating with honors and having my medal pinned on my toga just made everything more wonderful. :)
It took a while for me to get to where I am now, and the ride was surely not all smooth-sailing. I did 3 semesters at an all-girls college before realizing that I was at a wrong school. A total waste of time, a few people have said, but I seriously beg to differ. I believe my experience in that school prepared me to what I was really meant for. It made me realize what I really wanted for myself and gave me the strength to just go for it. Transferring to my beloved PSID for my majors was the best thing ever and I actually enjoyed the 2 years worth of hard work. Going to CSB after for my minor subjects was another great and fulfilling experience, because it helped me test my abilities to the fullest.
A little over 5 years in College, and I must say that it was one helluva ride. I guess it’s finally time for me to face the real world and to embrace everything that it has to offer me. ^_^
* Crappy camphone shot, because our Canon Ixus 750 died on us after mom and I accidentally dropped it after the graduation! :( How unlucky, I tell you! It’s not even a month old. o_O;; We bought it because our old Canon Power Shot S50 died on us about 2 months ago, and we never got around to getting it fixed. They’re both off to the Service Center tomorrow morning.
Posted on: 16th of April 2006 | Under: Life & Love
So, I finally got around to making a new layout! Thanks to someone out there for helping me fiddle around with wordpress. :) Now, the layout is not really the usual type that I do (if you’re a regular, you’d know what I mean!), but I’m actually loving the simplicity of it. I’m not a real fan of the color blue either, but this is an exception. :)
You may ask why the sudden break of silence after over 5 months of being on semi-hiatus. Well, because I finally finished school! I’m free as a bird - for now, that is. :) My graduation proper isn’t until the 1st of July, so I have quite a lot of free time on my hands right now. I sure need this to get some rest and catch up on the hype of blogging. I seriously missed this!
More, and maybe even regular, updates from me soon! ^^;;
Posted on: 23rd of July 2003 | Under: Entertainment
I think the silence in here speaks for itself. Yes, I have been busy. School has been a drag. Plates, projects and research work, it all means late nights of slaving away in front of my drafting table. o_O;; I would love to write a chapter on how tired and exhausted I am, but I’d rather not. Instead, I’ll leave you with a couple of pictures…
I’ve been spending a lot of my days at Steph’s house working on our plates and baby thesis… This is Steph, playing the piano…
Jewelle, playing the violin. We got so tired of working, that we went on a little break… Steph played the piano, Jewelle, the violin… and me? ..well, I jumped on those bouncy sticks thingymajigers. hahaha! XP
Bestest and I having lunch with my mom and bro at Ten Noodles. She spent the weekend with us and she already claims our house as her 2nd home. ^_,~;;
Sunday, we had a small reunion with our relatives. This is Bestest and I with Tippi, my adorable cousin. ;)
waaah, the little munchkin is so adorable!!! *_*;;
slobbery ice cream all over her mouth… and she still looks cute! *_~;;
I watched the Duncan Sheik concert with Bestest last Saturday. We bought great front row seats. =) Cameras weren’t really allowed, but a lot of people, including myself, were able to sneak them in. ^_^ hehe.. That’s Rockwell on the big screen and Dain with his bongos…they, along with Paolo Santos did the opening. wanna see more pictures?
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Here’s a shot of Duncan at the concert. I’m so glad I went. It was definitely a great break from all the work. -_-;; For more pictures of Duncan Sheik in concert…
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Lastly, look at what ate Grace sent me. A package of strawberry and ube jam from Baguio!!! yummmm! That was so unexpectedly sweet of her! mwah! thanks again, ate Grace! ;)
Posted on: 14th of July 2003 | Under: Life & Love
Exhaustion to the extreme, that explains my being blogless for the past week. Yeh, I’ve been busy. Really busy, more like it. I can’t believe how much work we’re getting. I hardly have time to rest. o_O;;
I wake up at half past six every morning for school. I listen to our professors ramble on about floor plans and designs. Class ends at noon, but I don’t get home ’til around two o’clock. I prepare myself a late lunch, take a two to three-hour nap, get up and work on my plates. I don’t stop ’til late at night, or in most cases, ’til early morning. Blah! I often wonder when it’ll all end.
Seriously, I think I’m getting an overload. I’ve been extremely moddy lately too. Bleh! I would complain, but for some reason, I’m loving our work. Well, sorta. Sometimes I just wanna give up. Especially during those nights when I feel as if my head’s ready to burst into flames.
People think Interior Design is such an easy course. That it only requires drawing and sketching. Those who think that, have got it all wrong. ID is actually one of the hardest courses out there. It involves both the left and the right brain thinking things over. Yeh, that’s both the creative and the logical thinking. It’s extremely hard being creative and thinking logically at the same time. Our prof says that that’s the main reason why we’re usually attacked with terrible headaches when doing our plates. bleh! @_@;;
Anyway, I had lunch and hung out with a few people on Saturday. It was a prefect break from my school work. Just sitting around, eating and chit-chatting over coffee was perfect. I seriously need to do that often to de-stress. I’m looking forward to this Saturday too. The Duncan Sheik concert. ^_^ yey! It’ll be another great break from my plates! I so can’t wait!
*sigh* Anyway, I need to take a short nap before I return to my plates. I’ll leave you with a few pics before I go. ;)
My first plate for the Term. Ethnic inspired. A larger version can be viewed at the “extra” page.
Having fun at G4 on Saturday…
me, Sunshine, Ethel and Noelle.
..err, my face looks weird. o_O;;
err, my face looks so white too! bleh! i’m not that fair!!! hahaha! XP
wooh, of course, chit-chatting over some coffee and fraps. ^_,~;;
Posted on: 1st of July 2003 | Under: Life & Love
Sir Jardenil further warned us, that if we were on full-load (doing all 4 subjects) this Term, then we should be prepared for a tough time. It’ll be hard coping with all 4 subjects, he said. *sigh* We haven’t even started our plates, yet I’m all stressed out already. =(
I hope I’ll be able to get through the whole course. I can’t afford to slack off anymore. He also added that if we found it somewhat hard acquiring A’s in our subjects in the Basic course, then we should work thrice as much to get them this time. Getting high grades is harder he said. Squeezing our brain and creative juices to its limit, if we have to. o_O;; *sigh* Good luck to me!
I can already imagine myself staying awake ’til dawn, working endlessly on mind-boggling plates. I really want to concentrate on doing well. I need to focus and break my habit of procrastinating. I guess this’ll mean that I won’t be as active online anymore.
I’ll try not to brand myself as going on hiatus. I’ll be around. I’ll still be blogging and dropping by your sites. It just won’t be as often.
I need to focus, and that I shall do. Wish me luck! ^_,~;;
I found these pics in one of my old folders and thought I’d post them. ^__^
Sobel and I… taken almost 3 years ago at Steph’s debut.
me, Jewelle and Elaine… taken 2 years ago.
Posted on: 16th of June 2003 | Under: Life & Love
Classes, for most schools, officially started today. Mine, on the other hand, doesn’t start until exactly 2 weeks from now.
I’m pretty much excited to go back. 3 months of bumming around at home was more than enough for me. Yes, I did enjoy lazing around the house, but I was already bored of the whole thing, not even half way through my holiday.
I’ve read 4 books, watched a gazillion movies and downloaded dozens, if not over a hundred, mp3’s. I’ve slaved my feet walking around the mall much too many times and have glued myself infront of the computer too long that my mom already started complaining. I think I’ve had enough of it all.
Funny how I’m saying this, when I remember heartily complaining about the work load our professors were bombarding us with last Term. Well, I’m hoping that the upcomming Term won’t be as nerve-wracking as the previous one. I only have classes from Monday to Thursday anyway. I get off a day early for the weekend, so that should be ample time to relax.
But, since I’m already doing the Advanced classes of ID, I’ll have classes for a year and a half straight– with not much vacation in between. Yeh, that’s 6 Terms with only about 3 days break between each Term. I hope I can cope up.
Anna. 25. 
