A Beeyotch of a Summer

I was on the brink of having a beeyotch kinda summer. Let me do the bloody task of recounting the events that lead to this crime against humanity.

So i started the 2nd trimester of the school year (yes, it started that far) with a pretty tight budget. It got tighter, and tighter, and tighter then finally i got broke. Yeah, every college student's nightmare. But a bits of dough came my way, that's why I'm still alive tell it all. It was okay being broke 'cuz i didn't have anything major to spend on. So i vented out my energy on more entertaining things like studying (yuck!) and House music.

From the beginning of the month, i was transformed to a House addict. It was the only thing I listened to most of the time on my iPod. I was addicted to Anton Ramos and his Chillout Project House Sessions cd. Then a friend of mine gave me a Hed Kandi cd, another House delight. And I got to discover this wicked house dj Kaskade. This was how the month went on--all House. Kaskade, Anton Ramos, Hed Kandi all month long...

Then the nightmare happened. DJ Tiesto was coming to the country on March 31st. This I got to knoe about 2 weeks after the said date. So i accepted the fact that I won't be seeing the world's greatest dj for 2 years in a row in his first time in Manila 'cuz i was broke. I was quite pissed but i moved on since trance wasn't really that big for me. But that wasn't then end...

Hed Kandi was coming to Manila too. ON THE SAME FUCKING DATE! And that means I ain't watching them too! This was the breaking point for me. I got so pissed about things that sometimes, I'd just shut up and stare while listening to Hed Kandi on my iPod. The kicker: Anton Ramos was a guest DJ for Team Hed Kandi. SHIT! I mean SHIT!

This was the lowest point of my whole summer. Everything went bad and I started wondering if things could get any more sour. I told myself "Pano kaya kung si Kaskade pumunta rin dito." I started to kid myself that way knowing it was impossible. But the fuckeroonie of all circumstances happened...

I went surfing on the net to find out how much would a regular Hed Kandi ticket would cost me. So results came up with all the listing for the events this summer... Then i saw it, like a gun pointed at my forehead then bring shot.

KASKADE Live in Manila...

... Oh shit! Shit doesn't even sum up how shitty i felt! But that was the final straw. I told myslef, I have to ask money and watch Kaskade. I'll never let this one pass me by. My favorite dj of all time was coming here. He ain't Tiesto but I like him better...

And the saving grace came my way. Mom promised me to lend money for the event. I was so relieved. I never felt happier in my entire life. Cheesy it may sound, yes but that's the way it is.

Life's lesson? You have to swim out of deep shit once in a while. Work through your frustrations; don't let them work through you.

KASKADE Live in Manila! April 12 at the Coconut Palace, CCP! HAHA!!! I'm watching!

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ENOUGH WITH IT ALREADY!!!

I have a friend from Ateneo and i wondered if how they get through the hassle of enrollment 'coz i just did and I come from La Salle. Do they enroll online like we do?Asking my friend was not a choice since i didn't like to offend him and make him think i was coming on with a kayabangan question. So i just went online and searched the net for some answers. I entered "ADMU Online enrollment" on the yahoo! search tollbar and guess what poped out?

Millions of results, usually forum threads, with people bashing the Blue and Green side of things. Sometimes the Maroon gets dragged in. I was like "putang ina ng mga to! tigil na nga kayo!"

When will people get tired of comparing schools. Can we all please move on and study? I think it's the innate kayabangan in all of us that drives us to "comparison tragedies".

And i landed on this blog that dissed DLSU's marketing material that said "Reasons why La Salle is your best choice for higher education". And he went on dissing it by enumerating the reasons and comparing to UP's own share of credentials.

• La Salle has 10 Centers of Excellence, UP has 24
• LS has 4 Centers of Development, UP has 8
• LS ranks 72 in Asia's best Universities Up's at 48

I would have been happy coz he provided fair view of things. He claimed "I don't hate La Salle, I just don't agree that credentials can justify a choice". And yes, I was still happy. But when it came to the point where he said, "I would have studied in LS if i didn't go to UP"... i was, well... never mind

So i posted a comment on his blog:

"biased… that is the only way i can remark this entry. well, it’s just La Salle vis-a-vis UP. and you, coming from UP would, of course, make UP better. And UP is not necessarily better in every way than La Salle. UP has its share of hits and so does La Salle.
We are all subjective, affected by the background we have. I would have given you the plaudits of making an objective insight of things but sorry. This is just one of the million opinions different people have about their OWN university. like “UP ako. Ikaw?”

And brother, San Beda? Better than UP and ADMU in Law? You gotta be kidding me. And La Salle’s opening College of Law in a few years. So watch out.

and yes. I AM FROM LA SALLE. UP ka? Ano ngayon?"

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I was watching the LOST Season 2 Premier and these numbers were the object of the mystery this time.

I've got so much questions about Lost. S***... And nobody can help me! I'm itching for answers!

And I love the series.

No Second Takes

Used to hate me. Used to hate everything.
FLASHBACK to some years ago.

I didn't like being me. I was the insecure lil freak. Belonged to the noisiest and rowdiest clique in high school. But i loved 'em guys. They were the best. Those were times when i was sure someone's got my back--talking about my friends. They had mine and i had all seven of theirs. It was nice. No stark conflict came our way. But that was the nice part. They thought i was successful and content but my friends haven't seen the rest of me. This is the "me" that i ain't comfortable of letting everybody see. Can't bare being bare. Friends told me Iwas smart. And I knew I was (bragging aside). But i didn't want to be under the pressure of keeping it up and be a "one quarter wonder". I was comfortable of wearing that skin. Being the regular guy who always brought the surprise to things.

ZAP to the present.

Nothing much has changed on the outside. But my insides were flowing with painful realizations. I could've done so much back in high school when things were quite enjoyable; when you had your real blood friends with you. They could've supported you. I'm starting to shed my skin now. I know I came in late. It's gut-wrenching and frustrating bring unable yo unleash what i had in HS. Nothing I could do to turn it back and have all the doors open once more. All I could do is wait for the others to open up. Wish they will.

Seems abstract? Yeah... It's supposed to be that way. You'll realize what this is all about if you're with me on the subject.