im leaving for the states in about 36 hours. and within those 36 hours, i need to:

- finish my 20-page paper only half of which ive done (im lorded my the "quantity over quality" attitude right now )
- edit my book report, its conclusion is still non-existent
- visit the cemetery
- get the gowns for the wedding
- finish more bank stuff
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belated happy 7th month birthday to the cutest baby in the world!


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i sent out my resume to 2 organizations in 24 hours. i pray fervently to God that he helps me be accepted to at least one of them, especially the second one.  this may just be my chance to prove something to myself after 3 years.

i wanted to make a paper crane. you know, the after-making-1000-paper-cranes-you-can-make-a-wish story.  it sounds and looks so pretty and elegant but god, i just spent the last 45 minutes figuring out steps 1-4, out of the 15 steps of the entire process. hahahahaha. so forget it, ill just keep pretty pictures of paper cranes with different kinds ( Read more... )

The scene: kahapon. bago umalis si Pao ng bahay.

sabi niya, "o tara, sama ka na, alis na tayo."

tanong ko, "san tayo pupunta?"

sabi niya, "papakasal na tayo"

nasabi ko lang, "ano? teka, kailangan ko ba dalin notebook ko dun?"

hahahahaha. ANO??

Thank you, Ms.Gruet.

...for speaking to me with frankness and putting yourself in my shoes. youve understood my condition and believed in what i can do, which, i think has been a rare occassion during this time.  youre right, no "fales hopes," just an honest reminder of how the experience was for you and how im going through it now and how i can, ( Read more... )

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i just finished Gibson et al's Samaritan's Dilemma in less than 42 hours.  its a 230-page book about incentives and institutions in the development process. i was supposed to use it for my thesis where i was going to write a theoretical framework tonight in time for me to be done with chapters 1 and 3 by tomorrow.  but after reading the book, and ( Read more... )

sana masaya ka kung nasan ka.

youre finally passing and in the most convenient way possible. after all that this has brought me, and everyone else, youre having it fucking easy. and i hate you for it. i wish i could muster all my pride and dignity to throw into the trash can in exchange for what you got... but on second thought, theyre are not  ( Read more... )