Korean Math Time

After Public Speech time, which is quite boring specially if the kids didn't memorize their journals, we usually have our coffee break. A day in the dorm wouldn't be complete without coffee. Its our elixir. Since I already had a dose of coffee after dinner and some of my co-teachers were hungry, I found myself turning on the stove and cooking fried rice with whatever ingredients are available. The end result, I feel fatter than ever.

*davepoblete

Photography became my passion when my friend had her own DSLR. I've been using it for quite sometime for random purposes. I can't wait to have my own. My parents already have one and they're planning to buy another for the business that we're planning to put up. But, I want my very own camera, it'll be my baby. For the meantime, I created a logo which I will use as a watermark for my photos.

Kate on the Limelight

And so she deserves to be on my blog. I had her pictures posted in Tumblr. The others are in my previous post and here's the rest.

Twelve Hours of Saturday

Last Saturday was something that I looked forward to for a couple of weeks or a month. I was supposed to meet with two friends to teach them a few things about photography that I know. Not that I'm that good at it, I just wanted to share a few tricks. It was a basic photography day turned to an adventure. It didn't happen as planned, Rika was not able to join us so it was just a day of Kate and I.

11:00 - 13:00

Glorietta was the agreed meeting place in front of Topshop. Kate wanted to check if they have stocks for the pair of shoes that she's dying to have since, according to her, summer. I was a bit late so I was rushing through the entire mall looking for the shop thinking that there was really a branch inside. An awesome idea came to my mind. Ask the Concierge. So much for Glorietta, the shop was in Greenbelt. Good thing it was just one mall away. And so there we were. Hi-Hello and Lunch.

As usual, deciding where to eat was the hardest part. We ended up in the foodcourt with another wide variety of food choices. I saw an Indian Cuisine kiosk. We had doubts at first so we roamed a little more and ended up in front of the same kiosk. Yes. Indian Cuisine! At first glance, I was thinking that I'd regret eating there but to my surprise, I had the set of food that my taste buds were craving for about 4 years now. The taste of spices, chili, yellow rice and chicken that creates an epic taste combined together. I had Chicken Biryani(Kabsa as I know it) and Spicy Buttered Chicken.

13:00-16:00

We went to Timezone and I was forced to play Guitar heroes. I suck at that game. I want to learn how to play the guitar and playing Guitar Heroes makes me lose hope. I was good in one trivia game played on a bigscreen, played bowling for dummies, karaoke and the racing game which I really love. Afterwards, we decided to head back to Greenbelt and start our lessons there. On our way there, I dropped by shoe salon to check if there were any nice pair of white shoes. To Kate's surprise, she found the pair of shoes that she's been dying to have so she asked if they have her size and luckily, yes they did. She was the happiest girl then. On our way to Greenbelt, we just talked and discovered a few things.

Out of the blue I remembered that I didn't have drinks when we had lunch so we headed back to Glorietta to buy one and stayed at Starbucks for a couple of minutes.

16:00-19:00

Off to Diliman, we took the MRT and to our dismay, it was almost rush hour so it was a bit crowded. Arrived at Trinoma then took a PUJ to our destination. All the time it wasn't raining and we were so thankful since we thought we were given the perfect weather for a photo op but it started to rain the moment we set foot in the university. Spoiler. We just took a few shots then went to the market or mall as they call it. I forced Kate to eat Balot and it took her almost half an hour to finish. Good thing the chick was quite small so she ate it all. An achievement, she said. It was getting dark so we went back to Trinoma to go home but then again, no one wanted to go home. We decided to have go to the park near Makati Med and drop by SM Megamall to claim my prize at Penshoppe, check out Forever 21 and have dinner.

19:00-22:00

Something happened to the MRT on our way to our next destination so we waited in the station for half an hour. When our ride came, people were already crowding up and all was eager to get inside the train. We stood on a spot where the doors would stop. Upon seeing the train, the people were starting to push their way to the front and when the doors opened, it was history. We were able to sit but our problem was how to go out when we arrive at our next stop. One stop before our final stop, we already tried to make our way out. Guess what, we just stood and literally moved for about two steps and the doors closed again. More people tries to get in at every stop. To make the long story short, we got out of MRT right where we're supposed to stop. First thing we did when we arrived was to claim my prize. I didn't expect much but I did get much. A perfume worth 350php. I was happy. So we checked out Forever 21 and I would describe it as a store that every girl dreams of. An hour isn't enough to check the whole area. The store also has clothes for men so It got me thinking twice where to buy a jacket. Celio or Forever21? Finally, dinner.

22:00-00:01

We found ourselves at Greenbelt once more. We really needed to rest so we stayed there for about half an hour and took some more pictures. We went to our final stop past 23:00, dropped by Ministop and once again I was a happy kid. I had ice cream, cheap yet tastes good. Finally, our last stop. The park which I forgot the name. We played in the playground for a few minutes then went home.

C.O.R.K.

"Words are not enough" can also mean "I just can't find the right words".

Memorable and Life Changing. These are the words that can describe my college life primarily not because of academics rather because of how extra curricular activities and bumming times paved way for relationships to grow into ones that made life more worth living. The people that I met and became a huge part of me gave me more reasons to dream, to strive harder in everything I do and just be the best in everything that comes my way. Most of the time I tend to slack and lose hope but they were the ones who knew how to put me up when I'm down.

Toto Dave. Pohlar. Gabo. Demoie. Muymuy. The names that my friends call me. Most of them are my batchmates and the rest are my upperclassmen. I'm quite surprised how I became good friends with the older ones. All hail the concept of family back when I was still in the accountancy program. I guess it all started there. The older ones look out for the younger ones specially those who are having a hard time with their academics. If not, they usually just talk to you when they see you alone in one corner. The next thing I knew, I already had my beloved Manongs and Manangs mostly from batch 2002 and 2004. They shared what is there to share about how to survive college and just everything about life. I was a freshman back then. Now I'm a supersenior and most of the elders are now making it to the top of the corporate world.

Life in college didn't stop with me being the freshman. Time came when I was the one being called Manong. I'm getting old. There are a few kids who had been special to me, a few from each batch but the last batch I was really able to welcome and spend time with was batch 2009. I'm not yet a graduate but I'm currently working as I write this entry. I was not able to have much time to get to know the new batch who came in but I'm hoping that I would when I go back for the second semester.

C.O.R.K.

Ciara.Osmond.Ralph.Kim

Moving on, I got to meet four of the most influential(?) people from their batch. Senior year stood out from the rest of my years being an upperclassman because of these kids. I just love each of them. Well, I actually made this entry for them because I miss them.

An Open Letter for Ciara, Osmond, Ralph and Kim.

I'm taking this opportunity to tell the world or to anyone who reads this that you guys have been among the best people that I met and you all are important to me. I'm so thankful having met the four of you. You and each of your individuality allowed me to relate more to different situations. I know I am not that good at being a role model. But I'm trying.

I'm sorry for the things that I did that made each one of you for a time pull away from me. It pains me when one of you does. I'm willing to sacrifice things for the four of you because you are that important. I might be saying the same things over and over again but all I want to stress out is that I will always be proud of you, I will always be here for you and I love you guys.

I hope I can make it up for the things that I ruined.

Your Manong, your Twin, your Kuya.

David

I’m really fond of kids. Despite the times of them waking up on the wrong side of the bed and would definitely know how to bug you out, I find it more sensible to talk to them because sincerity flow from the words that they speak.

I thank God for leading me to this job. Definitely among my life’s best experiences. I think i’d be a good teacher if ever i decide to pursue this career. What more if I had proper training. Oh well, so much for that.

As a kid i never dreamed of having my own department store in the middle of a theme park. I never appreciated penguins that much or choose nothing when I’d see a thief stealing. David does. Choi Sun Woo. Its his korean name. He made me one - Choi Woo Ju.

Obviously, he’s my favorite student. He’s not only bright and witty, he’s sensitive to others compared to his friends. I usually stay beside him every night to work on his vocabs and from time to time he’d just talk to me.

One time he saw me a bit sad. He immediately asked if I received any bad news. I said said yes. He just told me that its gonna be ok, everything will be fine. Just today he told me that he asked our head teacher if he could be my student once more since there were changes in our schedule. I asked why. He immediately answered back with these words: “You’re my best teacher.”

He’s looking forward to the time when I’ll get to visit Korea. He always asks me everyday about it. Inshallah. I really wish I could. :)