After finding out who won Game 2, I still wore Green & White today. I have never been more proud to wear these colors than today.
It is how its should be.
This was a Finals appearance that not a lot of people expected, doubted even but the team proved people wrong. Now that's a feat!
Congratulations to the De La Salle Green Archers!!
Congratulations to the Ateneo Blue Eagles!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
And here's a proof...
My family loves to eat. Needless to say we also love to eat out and try different kinds of cuisine - Filipino - all regions, Asian, American, Italian, everything. It was a cultural lesson that my parents tried to instill in us. Traveling to other countries was too much and too far in between so the next option to immerse us in different cultures was through food. I think the reason why I am this open to try different kinds of food is because our parents exposed us to them and urged us to try and not to be afraid. Sure, I don't like each and everything that they have exposed us to but at least I can say that "I've tried it, not to my liking".
It doesn't necessarily have to be a special occasion for us to eat out. Even on normal days we do but of course, its extra special when we are celebrating a birthday, an anniversary even Valentines. With just the four of them (Papa, Mama, bro and sis) left back home, with bro and sis being in Manila, my parents opted to fly to Manila to celebrate my mother's birthday early this month. They went to eat at Cafe Juanita. They were describing to me where they ate but I couldn't picture it I don't know if they took pictures that day but I sure haven't seen a single one. (
Camille).
Then just this morning, I was reading Anton's blog - Our Awesome Planet, and coincidence of all coincidence, his most recent entry was about Cafe Juanita. I was about to leave a comment that this was the restaurant where my family ate and then I saw it! One of the photos have my family on it!! It was surreal. It was only Papa who was visible to the camera. Then I saw the rest of my family, well parts of them - my sister's back, my brother's arm and Mama's arm. LOL Its the fourth picture. It cannot be denied that its Papa and I think I know what my sister was tinkering with.
The restaurant looks very nice. It has this homey, provincial feeling which reminds me of meals at my grandparents house.
It doesn't necessarily have to be a special occasion for us to eat out. Even on normal days we do but of course, its extra special when we are celebrating a birthday, an anniversary even Valentines. With just the four of them (Papa, Mama, bro and sis) left back home, with bro and sis being in Manila, my parents opted to fly to Manila to celebrate my mother's birthday early this month. They went to eat at Cafe Juanita. They were describing to me where they ate but I couldn't picture it I don't know if they took pictures that day but I sure haven't seen a single one. (
Camille).Then just this morning, I was reading Anton's blog - Our Awesome Planet, and coincidence of all coincidence, his most recent entry was about Cafe Juanita. I was about to leave a comment that this was the restaurant where my family ate and then I saw it! One of the photos have my family on it!! It was surreal. It was only Papa who was visible to the camera. Then I saw the rest of my family, well parts of them - my sister's back, my brother's arm and Mama's arm. LOL Its the fourth picture. It cannot be denied that its Papa and I think I know what my sister was tinkering with.
The restaurant looks very nice. It has this homey, provincial feeling which reminds me of meals at my grandparents house.
More than a game
IT'S ON!!
LA SALLE - ATENEO Men's Basketball Finals!!
Coach Pumaren said it. My cousin said it. I think it is what a lot of people think as well. I thought of it but I chose to believe otherwise. We are the underdogs in this finals. The Blue team is really playing well. They are hungry. ChrisTiu is definitely hungry, well with his opting to still be a student and hoping and wishing to give Ateneo a championship before he leaves.
BUT...
We have always been underdogs, whether people want to believe that or not. I think its good to be tagged as underdogs and to feel like one. Its better to feel like you don't have everything laid out in front of you because you strive to be better, to do better, be better. I believe in the team like I have always did.
If you are a La Sallian, playing against Ateneo is never just a game. Its more than that. Its pride, its prestige, its name. Just thinking about it is giving me goosebumps.
Finals here we come. First game of the best of 3 is this Sunday, September 21!
ANIMO LA SALLE!!!
LA SALLE - ATENEO Men's Basketball Finals!!
Coach Pumaren said it. My cousin said it. I think it is what a lot of people think as well. I thought of it but I chose to believe otherwise. We are the underdogs in this finals. The Blue team is really playing well. They are hungry. ChrisTiu is definitely hungry, well with his opting to still be a student and hoping and wishing to give Ateneo a championship before he leaves.
BUT...
We have always been underdogs, whether people want to believe that or not. I think its good to be tagged as underdogs and to feel like one. Its better to feel like you don't have everything laid out in front of you because you strive to be better, to do better, be better. I believe in the team like I have always did.
If you are a La Sallian, playing against Ateneo is never just a game. Its more than that. Its pride, its prestige, its name. Just thinking about it is giving me goosebumps.
Finals here we come. First game of the best of 3 is this Sunday, September 21!
ANIMO LA SALLE!!!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Leave me alone, earworm!
Earworm, you said? You are probably asking. Yes, earworm. It is what we have longed called as "LSS" or Last Song Syndrome. That particular instance when a particular song is on constant repeat in your ear and try as you might, its hard to get rid of.
Kaytee wrote that there was an actual Washington Post article about it. It seems researchers have given this phenomenon a name...earworm. I think earworm is more appropriate than LSS because for some strange reason it "worms" its way to you ear constantly whether it was the last song you heard or not. LSS only refers to as its name suggests "last song" but with an earworm, you could have heard a different song after and yet a few lines from another songs keeps on resonating in your brain.
In the research it said "The first study on earworms showed that the kind of music most likely to get stuck in your head is simple and repetitive. In addition, the lyrics are usually unexpected." True enough because my earworm is really something simple. Its actually from a song sang by a priest whose cd my aunt plays constantly in her car on the way to work after we are done praying the rosary. The line is simple "my soul proclaims the goodness of the Lord." Its a good message, a pretty good song but it has this odd tempo. Like it sounds Aztec or Mayan or something. If you have seen this group of people that looked like Indians with wooden (or is it bamboo) pipes selling their wares and their music at a mall, it sounds like that. So with that line and that tempo and try hearing that in your ear in a constant loop, it can make anyone go insane. I know I am on a brink of it. Its giving me a headache. I had it yesterday after hearing the song for the first time and now I am hearing it again. Its annoying. I am not humming to it or even thinking about it but it manages to still get into my mind. Ugh!
The report went on to say that it can last for a few hours to a few days. Great! I don't want my whole weekend spent being stuck with this song in my head. I can manage when its on the way to and from work. I obviously cannot tell my aunt to change the cd that we will listen to, its her car anyway. I wish I can plug into my Zune on the way home but that's rude considering its just the two of us and its just wrong that we will be in two separate worlds while in the car. So I guess I will just have to endure it for the time being. I really hope she changes the cd soon. I gave her a JoshGroban cd before, why don't we listen to him instead. I don't mind hearing "you raise me up" constantly.
The article offered some remedies which I might just try later if this keeps on. Or I might actually peruse this University of Cincinnati website that has all these information on earworm. Imagine that, a whole website on earworms.
Kaytee wrote that there was an actual Washington Post article about it. It seems researchers have given this phenomenon a name...earworm. I think earworm is more appropriate than LSS because for some strange reason it "worms" its way to you ear constantly whether it was the last song you heard or not. LSS only refers to as its name suggests "last song" but with an earworm, you could have heard a different song after and yet a few lines from another songs keeps on resonating in your brain.In the research it said "The first study on earworms showed that the kind of music most likely to get stuck in your head is simple and repetitive. In addition, the lyrics are usually unexpected." True enough because my earworm is really something simple. Its actually from a song sang by a priest whose cd my aunt plays constantly in her car on the way to work after we are done praying the rosary. The line is simple "my soul proclaims the goodness of the Lord." Its a good message, a pretty good song but it has this odd tempo. Like it sounds Aztec or Mayan or something. If you have seen this group of people that looked like Indians with wooden (or is it bamboo) pipes selling their wares and their music at a mall, it sounds like that. So with that line and that tempo and try hearing that in your ear in a constant loop, it can make anyone go insane. I know I am on a brink of it. Its giving me a headache. I had it yesterday after hearing the song for the first time and now I am hearing it again. Its annoying. I am not humming to it or even thinking about it but it manages to still get into my mind. Ugh!
The report went on to say that it can last for a few hours to a few days. Great! I don't want my whole weekend spent being stuck with this song in my head. I can manage when its on the way to and from work. I obviously cannot tell my aunt to change the cd that we will listen to, its her car anyway. I wish I can plug into my Zune on the way home but that's rude considering its just the two of us and its just wrong that we will be in two separate worlds while in the car. So I guess I will just have to endure it for the time being. I really hope she changes the cd soon. I gave her a JoshGroban cd before, why don't we listen to him instead. I don't mind hearing "you raise me up" constantly.
The article offered some remedies which I might just try later if this keeps on. Or I might actually peruse this University of Cincinnati website that has all these information on earworm. Imagine that, a whole website on earworms.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
All too familiar and yet not so
I am not voting this November so I really shouldn't be all riled up about this issue that involves the daughter of Republican VP Nominee SarahPalin (SP). The VP Nominee's 17 year old daughter is pregnant and unmarried. Nothing wrong with that, its her life, its her choice. But I do have an issue with it being almost front and center during this week. I think, its a personal, family matter. Something that shouldn't be paraded not because its something to hide but I have this sinking feeling that her daughter's delicate condition is being used by her, her party and just about everyone else. I am hoping that people will just let her be. I don't think it was also a good idea to include the father of the baby that shes carrying to be front and center as well. He should have been at the announcement, days ago and not now. He is visible now because his identity was known even if SP only referred to him as the "young man and my daughter are getting married". If those were not made to the world, he would still be anonymous. Sure, its going to come out eventually but does it have to be announced a few days after she was picked? and Was it necessary for her, the mother to make that announcement? Sure, its beating the news but then it becomes what everyone else is talking about. What happened to you being the candidate? And especially if you as a politician opposes to teach other than abstinence in schools and finding your own daughter not heeding that advice. Just a lot of inconsistencies. "Sell" your platform not what happens in your family. All these just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
I think and feel her daughter should have been spared from all these media scrutiny and talk. She as her mother should have been the very first person to shield her from such. But I think she was the one who not only brought it into the open but magnified it. So to tell people to lay off on her daughter is such a hypocrisy when you yourself was the one who brought her into the spotlight. Everyone else is telling the media to lay off from Palin's daughter, that's true but then in some ways SP has brought it upon herself, her family, her daughter all these talks. There was an article on YahooNews about Politicians kids in the public eye and where does the line lie? There was a quote there that said:
"When the offspring of politicians interact with the public, things can get dicey. And understandably so: There's no human issue more personal, more natural than the parental instinct of "Leave my children alone."
I think and feel her daughter should have been spared from all these media scrutiny and talk. She as her mother should have been the very first person to shield her from such. But I think she was the one who not only brought it into the open but magnified it. So to tell people to lay off on her daughter is such a hypocrisy when you yourself was the one who brought her into the spotlight. Everyone else is telling the media to lay off from Palin's daughter, that's true but then in some ways SP has brought it upon herself, her family, her daughter all these talks. There was an article on YahooNews about Politicians kids in the public eye and where does the line lie? There was a quote there that said:
"When the offspring of politicians interact with the public, things can get dicey. And understandably so: There's no human issue more personal, more natural than the parental instinct of "Leave my children alone."
Yet sometimes politicians have invited us in, deliberately or otherwise."
I, along with my siblings lived a life of that of a politician's family and still live it. Papa may no longer be in politics but he is still in government so the same situation applies. He was in politics for 12 years and during our most formative years at that. So I know what the children of Palin and Obama feel to be thrust into that spotlight. The children of other candidates are older and I believe better equipped to be able to handle it but the younger ones have it tougher. I know it because I lived it. Sure, ours was so much smaller in scale but I believe not at all less significant. Its a tough life. Contrary to belief, its not at all rosy. We live our lives under people's watchful eyes, under a fishbowl. We didn't ask for it but it came with the territory.
But one thing great about Papa is, he never put us front and center. We didn't interact much with the public. I think until now not a lot of people know that we are his children or that he is married to my mom. Papa and Mama tried to shield us as much as they can. Papa made sure not to hold meetings in our house or if he had to, it will be in the area of our house that is not easily accessible to us. He also didn't hold interviews there and if by chance we are all together, he steps away and allows us time to keep a safe distance. During campaigns, Mama, my siblings and I were either inside the car or behind the stage, away from people's eyes. Sometimes even in the dark. It was fun to still maintain that anonymity because when we would give out fliers wherein our names are listed, and some people would ask what our name was, we can give another name. They had no clue that they were talking to one of those names listed under "children". People may be familiar with the names but they wont be able to match it to the faces. There was only one time that we were visible when Papa decided to hand out calendars one Christmas with the family picture on it. That was the first and last time because the following year we told him not to anymore.
Being faceless with the public gave us a sense of freedom to be able to move around and also to hear people's comments like asking for money along with the paper. They were asking for money with no idea that it was his children that they were talking to. Imagine when they do know. Hearing things like that make you jaded and yet stronger and more realistic. It can sure pop anyone's idealistic bubble.
Papa and Mama really made sure that yes this is our life at that particular time but we must not forget still that we are still THEIR children not that of a politician. With us, Papa was not the board member or the Vice-Governor, he is just Papa. He made a joke once while polishing my younger sister's shoes for CAT that "halagad, the one polishing your shoes is the Vice Governor". Which my sister replied "no, the one polishing my shoes is not the Vice Governor but my father." This has been the case and always will be. When we do join him during campaign, we are not seen together, well for safety as well. I think the only one really visible is my brother. The three of us girls along with Mama stay in the shadow and I liked it that way. Up until now I cringe when my relatives add the tag "anak ng dating Vice-Governor" when they introduce me. Nothing to be ashamed of but I think and feel and believe that my parents have raised me to be more than just the daughter of the Board Member, Vice Governor etc.
Not to brag but we are good kids. We have not brought anything into the table that Papa had to be asked about or he had to answer to. We have not done anything that he had to do "damage control" over and definitely not going to start now. I think its because we don't have that added pressure to act differently than what we are or be boxed into what people think we should be. We were allowed to still live our lives the way we want to but keeping the fact that we are watched by people at the back of our minds. BristolPalin, five months pregnant should have been allowed to be pregnant without all these additional pressure and scrutiny and offensive comments surrounding her and following her around. Being a child of a politician is already hard as it is, why add to it. Thank goodness that Papa and Mama though aware that a life of a politician's family was our new "normal" still made sure that we are first and foremost their children. Yes, it means "leave my children alone!"
But one thing great about Papa is, he never put us front and center. We didn't interact much with the public. I think until now not a lot of people know that we are his children or that he is married to my mom. Papa and Mama tried to shield us as much as they can. Papa made sure not to hold meetings in our house or if he had to, it will be in the area of our house that is not easily accessible to us. He also didn't hold interviews there and if by chance we are all together, he steps away and allows us time to keep a safe distance. During campaigns, Mama, my siblings and I were either inside the car or behind the stage, away from people's eyes. Sometimes even in the dark. It was fun to still maintain that anonymity because when we would give out fliers wherein our names are listed, and some people would ask what our name was, we can give another name. They had no clue that they were talking to one of those names listed under "children". People may be familiar with the names but they wont be able to match it to the faces. There was only one time that we were visible when Papa decided to hand out calendars one Christmas with the family picture on it. That was the first and last time because the following year we told him not to anymore.
Being faceless with the public gave us a sense of freedom to be able to move around and also to hear people's comments like asking for money along with the paper. They were asking for money with no idea that it was his children that they were talking to. Imagine when they do know. Hearing things like that make you jaded and yet stronger and more realistic. It can sure pop anyone's idealistic bubble.
Papa and Mama really made sure that yes this is our life at that particular time but we must not forget still that we are still THEIR children not that of a politician. With us, Papa was not the board member or the Vice-Governor, he is just Papa. He made a joke once while polishing my younger sister's shoes for CAT that "halagad, the one polishing your shoes is the Vice Governor". Which my sister replied "no, the one polishing my shoes is not the Vice Governor but my father." This has been the case and always will be. When we do join him during campaign, we are not seen together, well for safety as well. I think the only one really visible is my brother. The three of us girls along with Mama stay in the shadow and I liked it that way. Up until now I cringe when my relatives add the tag "anak ng dating Vice-Governor" when they introduce me. Nothing to be ashamed of but I think and feel and believe that my parents have raised me to be more than just the daughter of the Board Member, Vice Governor etc.
Not to brag but we are good kids. We have not brought anything into the table that Papa had to be asked about or he had to answer to. We have not done anything that he had to do "damage control" over and definitely not going to start now. I think its because we don't have that added pressure to act differently than what we are or be boxed into what people think we should be. We were allowed to still live our lives the way we want to but keeping the fact that we are watched by people at the back of our minds. BristolPalin, five months pregnant should have been allowed to be pregnant without all these additional pressure and scrutiny and offensive comments surrounding her and following her around. Being a child of a politician is already hard as it is, why add to it. Thank goodness that Papa and Mama though aware that a life of a politician's family was our new "normal" still made sure that we are first and foremost their children. Yes, it means "leave my children alone!"
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