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Name: Clara
Gender: Female
Interests: fanfiction, anime, books
Expertise: dancing, being annoying, writing (bagay?! feeler?!)
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
5/21/2005
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| It was Family Day yesterday... A day of nerves, a day of excitement, a day of joy, a day of tears, a day of enjoying yourself, a day of victory, a day of ecstasy... I'm not sure about the tears though... Hehehehe! I must have been a little dramatic there. Anyway, it really was a day of nerves, excitement, and victory. At least it was for III - 1 STCJ. Bagay?! Acronym??? Our class has been anticipating for this day for as long as I can remember. Maybe, I'm exaggerating a bit with that last sentence... But what the hell, never mind! The High School Dance Production... A time for friendly competition among the different sections. I believe I mentioned that we were going to do a gymnastics presentation in the previous entry. Back to the story... Since it was a competition, there is always a winner among the contestants. Although, Nikki our dance director, as well as the choreographers, was a good leader and motivator, I gave up hope in believing that we could win. Believe me, this is coming from a girl who came from a section whose class was ALWAYS in the penultimate place in Dance Production... Okay, I don't know what we were in when we were First Year, but in Second Year, yeah, we held the next-to-last place... When it was our turn to dance, all I know is that we gave it our all as a class, and sure there were some mistakes made, probably out of nerves... (Yes... I made one of those mistakes and my friend has a copy of it on video. He even said tht he intends to make money out of it... Good luck with that...) Come announcement time, I'm not sure if all of us were at the court, anticipating to hear who would win this competition. I was with Cha at that time, sadly, we couldn't find Nina and the others... So when they announced that III - 1 was the 1st runner - up in the Gymnastics Presentation, we all just lost it there in the court.... We cheered as if we were the over-all champions... You'd think we just won the UAAP Finals... But never mind. Congrats to III - 3 for their awesome performance. It was really unexpected for III - 3. We all thought III - 4 would get the crown. We believed that it was already given in any problem... III - 4 would win. But noooo! Life had to surprise us all... Never mind. Anyways, I kind of stayed for a while, in the hope of finding "someone" whom I knew would be there. Come on! I gave the tickets to him for crying out loud! (Actually, I sort of sold them to him.) But what the hell... Never mind. I didn't meet him, but then all of a sudden, my blouse's sleeve ripped! Oh no! Hopefully, no one noticed the rip in my sleeve... After I got my butt back home, I changed my blouse and cooled off before my mom had to deliver a note in Katipunan, and I had to go with her if I wanted to make it to STC in time for the concert. When I got back to STC, I went with Aveline, Badette, and Czar at first, but then I met Borj, Jamie, Bianx, and Paz. So I just went with them instead. During the concert, we ran into Cara, Gama, their classmates Meg and Cris, mine and Bianx's classmates Gel, Dyogi, and Vermie. The concert was great! GO SPONGE COLA! I LOVE YOU, YAEL!!! The other bands were okay... but when it was Sponge Cola, we went crazy... Especially Borj, who is in love with Yael. As for the person I was looking for earlier, I ran into him, but he was with some of our former classmates. Alright! I still have a few feelings for him! I think you Michelistas know who I'm talking about. Sadly... di niya ko pansin...  Basta! Never mind him! It was really a great day and I wish to repeat it again! | | |
| Hmmm.... I was listening to song we were going to dance to for our gymnastics presentation. Hence, my entry title. Come to think of it, the song would really be appropraite for the dreamers today. The thing is, we hardly dare to dream anymore... The harshness of reality is getting to our skin. Seriously... We can hardly even dare to smile at life anymore. At least, I can't. Why? It's because I don't have the guts to dream anymore. For all I know, all my dreams just end up crushing me, not physically or mentally, but emotionally... We can pursue that dream to improve ourselves. Like going that extra million miles to get the best grades we can, or that dream to pursue our talents. We think we can't do what we wish to do, but we can. What we dont; realize is that all it takes is guts! Like the chorus says, "Liparin mo ang hangganan ng langit... Sa ulap ng pag-asa ay iyong makakamit ang tagumpay na na bunga ng iyong pagpupunyagi... " We ought to do that more often, no matter how stupid or silly that dream is. And we would be more fulfilled regardless if we fail or succeed, at least we tried and tried until we can "fly" as my classmate Asho's status in YM says, or we realize that we can't do it. If we get to secxond option,we can always say "At least I tried my best". Ang tamis ng dulot ng iyong tagumpay... The last line of the song. Isn't that what we all wish for? To taste the sweetness of success??? We will only taste that sweetness if we really worked hard for that. I wish we would all be able to taste that sweetness one day. If only... if only... | | |
| Great, it’s that time of year again. That time everybody has been anticipating and preparing for. No, I’m not talking about Christmas, but exam season. Face it; every school in the world has exams, whatever we do, how ever much we try to hide. All that studying, all that cramming, all that stress… Just the thought of it all makes me want to get it over with… But why do we need exams??? Most of us, me included, think that exams are just the teachers’ pathetic excuse to get even with us for all the headaches we’ve given them. Come on, as one of my friends said, “What use will the names of all Shakespeare’s plays have in our lives? Will the knowledge of the number of diagonals in a polygon feed, clothe, and shelter us in later life?” These questions have filled my mind, especially whenever I couldn’t concentrate on whatever I was studying. Sometimes, I even think “Where will these exams take us after giving us a part of our grades? Will our exam scores be placed on our transcripts when we go to college?” I know I seem pessimistic, but I was thinking those whenever I was not in a studying mood. What we all have to realize is that these exams are a form of a challenge. The exams test our knowledge, as well as our skill to face the challenges of reality. We have to be able to answer the questions using the knowledge that we have acquired by going to school, studying, maybe even cramming… Hehehehe! Just like in facing life’s challenges, we have to be able to find a way out of them by using the talents, skills, and values that our parents, teachers, and sometimes friends, have tried to help us hone. Our hatred for exams reflects the human fear of challenges and the possibility of failure. Nobody likes to fail, that I can guarantee. Who likes to fail? Failure would not only mean losing the use of the internet, use of cellphones, or access to any of our comfort zones, but it would also mean defeating the purpose of our lives, which is to withstand all those challenges life throws at us. Those exams could also bring out the worst in us, procrastination, cramming, or maybe even cheating. We all want to get away from things the easy way. But what we haven’t realized is that there is no easy way out of things. We have to study in order to get the best grades we can get. There is no merit from cheating; it wouldn’t be fair to the others. It would be like trampling on others to get to the top. All in all, exams are just a way for us to prepare for “later on in life”. We need to review all the values our parents taught us, the principles the school tried to instil in us, the talents we ourselves have tried to improve. In spite of all that I’ve written, I STILL HATE EXAM SEASON! I guess I’m not making much sense here, but I was writing this while I was taking a break from studying for the Soc Sci exam… Anyway, it feels so good to blog again… Aaaaahh! Freedom! | | |
| What's wrong with me these days? I don't know. For some reason, something has been bothering me since Tuesday evening and it's bothering me until now... I don't know anymore! It all started with a simple YM conversation. All of a sudden, my head's been spinning along a rollercoaster ride that never wants to end. Life is an enigma, I guess... We can never really know everything about it, but we understand a part of it... I talked to my classmate Jai about my problem. Talking to her made me feel a bit better, but somehow, as every moment passes, it seems to get worse. Fine… Maybe the person I was talking to on YM last Tuesday has something to do with my problem. I don’t know. There’s something in the problem that I can’t quite figure out… Great. This is reminding me of those problems in Algebra, we have to find both the unknown quantity and the final answer. Jai says maybe I’m in love… But I’m not sure. I can’t be in love! I’ve barely known this person for what… one week? Maybe I’m just infatuated, or maybe even worried, because this person lives a slightly reckless lifestyle. Sigh… I don’t know anymore. Yeah… he’s been in my head all week. Mind you, this person isn’t Mikee Lee, Chris Tiu, or Enzo Katipunan… (for once in my life…) I’m not giving anymore clues to the guy’s identity… All I’ll let you know is that when I first encountered him, I didn’t mind him that much. But later on that same evening, we started talking, and then, I got to like him, as a friend. But something in that conversation last Tuesday must have changed me all of a sudden… And then, on Thursday, something started to bother my thoughts… I started wondering how I would know if I liked a person. This can’t be the effect of too much reading. Come on! It was brown out last Thursday for heavens sake! Thanks a lot, Milenyo… Life really is an enigma… It’s like an online game. We are each given a character to play with, to help reach the top level of the game. Along the way, your character encounters a bunch of monsters/demons which he/she has to defeat to become stronger. Also, your character meets other players which become either your friends or enemies. Just like reality and life, we are here, playing a game called life. The monsters we must defeat are the problems we encounter. The other players we meet are our friends who will help us to the top, or our foes, who will try to bring us down. In my case, I guess I’m a player in an online game. And the person I met was another player at first. But then, something happened, and he turned into the monster I must conquer. That happens in some games, right? I hate it when that happens. But better a monster/demon I must defeat than an enemy to hate, right? Right? WRONG! This type of monster would be harder to vanquish than a rival player. Because, I would have formed a bond with this “monster/demon” and it would be harder to kill a friend, as each of us very well knows… I don’t know… that was the closet analogy I could come up with for the moment. AND IT HAD TO BE RELATED TO HIM! AAAAAAAARGH! Note to self: TRY TO COME UP WITH BETTER COMPARISONS NEXT TIME! I don’t know how I should call this monster I must face now. Must I call it love or infatuation? Nobody knows that my mind is already going crazy trying to find the answer. I know, I know… I have this annoying habit of trying to find the answer to everything, even those questions that are unanswerable… Am I in love? I don’t know… It’s only been a while… Love… Life… The enigmas of the human mind, and the offline game everyone takes part in… | | |
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Hmm... Interaction. It's an 11-lettered word which means: to act on each other. That's what it is according to my dictionary. But I learned that it was something more. What does interaction really mean to us? According to my classmate Karla: Interaction is an opportunity to open new doors to welcome new friends. She's right in that aspect! But somehow I want more opinions... Nevermind. I'll add them when I get them. Maybe I could get the answer to my question by simple narrating our interaction this morning with Claret. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We had our interaction with Claret today. We Theresians really must have wanted to make a good impression on them. I even wore contacts intead of my usual eyeglasses and I put my hair down intead of its usual ponytail. Okay... I'm usually not maarte, I just wanted to make a good first impression on the Claretians (Is that what they are called? If not, sorry! I'll correct it ASAP!) Anyway, we made a lot of noise in preparing for the interaction. We were really excited! STC is an exclusive school, remember?! So, sorry for being excited. Seriously, what's it with my class and late-comers?! The guys arrived a little late. That also happened last year with Ateneo, right, former II - 6 girls?! Anyway, we forgive them, because we really enjoyed it. First we had a few "getting to know you/ice breaker" activities. I guess we used this as a chance to chat and ask for each other's YM addresses! Hahaha!  Back to the point... we really enjoyed each other's company! At least we Theresians enjoyed their company. I hope they enjoyed ours too... Come intermission time... I was one of the dancers for the intermission. The others were Nikki, Patch, Kim, Ivana, Steff, and Barbs. I really wanted to back out since I sucked big time! Ask anyone in III - 1, she'll tell you! Anyway, I'm glad I didn't quit. Our costume was our PE uniform with a jacket. (Mine was a dark blue jacket). I'm surprised that I wasn't booed out of the stage! Hahaha! . The guy who was sitting next to me was really nice. He wished me luck when Miss Catabona called the performers. (He was really cute too! I'm not giving any names though... I might endanger myself!) After the dance, the audience cheered. I guess they were cheering for the others... Come on! I sucked! I was either ahead or late!  Then the band (Kimmy, Anel, DK, Kai, and Pae) performed next. First they performed Hiling by Paramita. Oh my gosh... Kimmy is the best guitarist I've ever seen! I really like the way Pae plays the drums... Rock on! \m/ Hahaha! Galing! Then the Claretians performed next. The band played lots of songs... Your Song, Crazy for You, Magasin... (Is that it? If there are more... Kindly correct me!  After that awarding came. Maki and a guy named Miguel won the best mask award. (hahaha! M&M???) Then for Killer Smile, Karla and a guy named Carlo won. (Karla, Carlo? Compatible!!!! hahahaha!) Then Tina and Patch also won Miss Interaction (ata!) and Miss Congeniality respectively... I forgot the name of Tina's Claretian counterpart, but I know that people were shouting at him to kiss Tina!!! But a guy named Warren won Mr. Congeniality... I swear, he looks like Harry Potter or a male version of Karen. No offense Warren, if ever you read this! Sorry! Peace?! Soon... the interaction was over... Aww... Why does time seem so short when you are enjoying yourself? We found our interaction too short for our liking! So afterwards, it was back to earth for us Theresians... I have to feel sorry for Mrs. Valencia though. She couldn't find a person who wasn't suffering from "interaction hang-over", as I call it. We were all asking each other whom we found cute, or who we liked a lot... Heheheh! Poor Miss... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yeah, I guess Karla's definition interaction seems to hit the nail on the head, but I want to add something more. Sure, we may meet each other through interaction, but what happens after? Will the friendship last? Will the ties we made today remain, or will they be severed by time and distance? I hope not. I know you're all screaming: THAT'S WHY WE HAVE YM! The dictionary is partly right. We really do act on each other when we first encounter each other. But will we continue to interact with each other once interaction is over? I really hope so. I suppose interaction is the foudation of friendships, but it is up to us to build on that foundation to make it last... | | |
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