cerebral heart

after school today, i decided to walk. i just thought that i need the exercise. besides, the left side of my back is aching a bit and i was hoping it will help in easing it. i asked cruz to massage it a bit this afternoon. he said it might be because i slept on it. while walking, memories of my biking and walking days with my buddies eg and bob came to mind. they've started their summer break there and here i am, in the midst of the spring sem. i haven't talked to them in a while but i will see them soon. i only have 80 days, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 46 seconds here and then i will be back home. during those times, i was also active in yahoo!answers. i remember that i recommended walking or biking to some people to clear their minds off of negative thoughts. i should tell myself all those stuff now because whenever it rains here, i get gloomy with the weather and i get homesick. just this sunday, mae reminded me not to get all depressed this week as it was supposed to rain all ...

symbiosis. any interdependent or mutual relationships. (dictionary.com) i am currently watching discovery channel's life and it's so amazing. it's about the symbiotic relationships underwater. hippopotamus and fish. clown fish and anemone. school of anchovies moving together to ensure the safety of one another from predators. these are just some of the organisms involved in this "life" episode. amazing how nature works. life. good.

just got home from my trip to LA from thursday 'til today with jd, joel and mae we had a blast! on friday was our universal day as we experienced almost all the rides and attractions studio tour, the simpsons ride, the mummy returns jurassic park, shrek 4d, the terminator 3d animal actors and house of horrors we had it all because of our front-of-line pass dinner was asian as we went to buddha belly. saturday was another story started with a tour of celebrity homes then a sumptuous lunch at genwa korean food was fresh and filling then, to the famous portos which was at glendale we lined up for the famous cheese rolls also for guava and cheese strudels and then to the beach perfect timing to see the sunset with all the photos we loved to take we capped the day off with italian food and red wine and a walk to sta. monica pier. before heading home we had tacos and tortas at rico's tacos and now we're home at tracy we just had popeye's for dinner we'll just chill before...

i am at the tamoepeau house yet again. i got off at 1:30, went to see a new friend who's celebrating her birthday today (to my surprise) and had some pictures taken through my laptop. i will make something for her when i see her again on wednesday. while waiting for solo to pick us up, po and i went walking around skyline grounds. we talked about our speech class, as always. we agreed that because we enjoy the class so much and we are learning a lot from the discussion, we look at things happening in our lives based on the lessons that we learn from this class. this is how great an influence our speech class is in our lives. i just had a talk on the phone with my good friend junghwa and she wants to visit here before going back home to korea in june. it was refreshing to talk with her again and we're both excited that she's coming here so we can spend time together and talk about her drama in life. hint: regarding her relationship. well, that's my monday so far. i am ta...

today is friday and i can say that i had a fairly good week. my newfound friends solo and tupon with their kids, and ali. it was interesting that my name means follower of ali. ali is a muslim so that he explained that ali is the closest cousin of the prophet muhammad. and then we realized that his name is ali so that there was a certain connection. coincidence huh. 9.5 out of 10 - score in my quiz 2 in speech. meeting tita lori and tita eloisa courtesy of prof. taylor. new plans for the spring break. mae and joel need to go to las vegas for the family thanksgiving on the days that we were supposed to go to disneyland so that it was postponed for another time. i resolve to do some traveling for my spring break so that i pulled out my connections. my options were chicago (christian), des moines (ma'am vien and sir ronald), new jersey (inay ludet), washington (ate lea), plattsburgh (zee). after two days of thinking, i am just down to chicago and new jersey. the dilemma now is look...

my heart is happy today. i spent the night at my new friends' house - tupou and solomon and their kids. i was supposed to just have dinner with them and talk about the readings for our speech class but i ended up spending the night with them because tupou and i had a lot of stuff to talk about. today, i stayed with them in their math class because their teacher was not there and then i went to my class. then we met again in the speech class. i skipped the filipino class because i wanted to attend zac's reading in liza's class. then, off to meet the vp of student services who is a filipino also, courtesy of prof. taylor. we spent some time talking. there's something else that is making my heart happy. i have prayed for something and i got the answer today. life is good. i have a long, long day tomorrow starting with the president's breakfast until my filipino evening class. i just hope this happiness drags on.

this is from the very good movie "the blind side."

i am watching the "blind side" for the second time. i like this movie. it's a true story of the struggles and successes of the football player, michael oher. while watching it today, i noticed two scenes in the movie related to my lesson in my speech class. michael was formerly called 'big mike.' however, the first important information that he shared with his soon-to-be legal guardian is that he doesn't like to be called big mike. he said he was michael so that leigh anne started calling him that. there's also this scene when he asked leigh anne to help him get a driver's license because he needs something to identify himself. names - they really mean nothing and everything. for others, calling him big mike might not mean anything. however, it means everything for him because it's his name, his identity. he has lost his family and all he got is his name, i.e. michael. i also like this movie because it touches my heart. this family who gave michael...

thursday. second day of this 5-day weekend. woke up as usual. my friends and i were talking about it this weekend. even when you sleep late and still wake up your usual wake up time, it's a sign that you're getting old. and i am. it's life. well, there's nothing usual or unusual that happened yet because i just started my day. it's just that for the past days, i have noticed that i am more nostalgic about my ethnicity. i have been listening to two kapampangan songs that i really love way back when - kapampangan ku and pamanuli. good words, good music. i was thinking maybe because we were talking about language in my intercultural class, it brought back the beauty of my language, naks naman. plus, there's this friend who's celebrating his birthday today and he's kapampangan. i gave him a birthday note and i just decided to write everything in kapampangan. i hope he will get it though. i can always explain to him when we see next time. o balen, tikdo naka,...

100 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes, 30 seconds. this is my online countdown for my remaining days here in the US. i have been doing this since i got so homesick last month. now that i think about it, 100 days are not that many. april will be very busy in preparation for pcn. and then it will be may, the last month of school. for june, i will have 19 days. within those days, i was thinking i need to spend at least hours with each and everyone that's been part of my journey here. i can do this. i have no class today and tomorrow and on friday. and i really have nothing planned because my friends have work. buti na lang i attended prof. taylor's workshop as part of the professional development days (the reason why there are no classes for 3 days). it was about how to get to know your students and how they can get to know you for the first days of class. i learned a lot from the session, more than how to get to know your students. after lunch, with nothing else to do in school, i got d...

it is 6:13 pm and i am lying on my bed, nostalgic. this gloomy weather just calls for it. nostalgic about a friend who was lost. nostalgic about the thoughts of home. nostalgic about the motherly hug i received today. nostalgic about the people who are not here with me today. when will i get over this? not anytime soon i am sure. but i can do this. i can do this.

on friday afternoon, i received a sad, sad news. a college friend of mine was hit by a vehicle (i don't know what kind) and died. ate pauline was one of my isaw buddies in UP. we hit right on at a time when she was having a hard time with her chemistry classes. it was sad that a mother of three had to die, and to die at such a young age this way. i feel for her family and friends. all i could think about were the good memories we had. i'm just thankful that i had those at least. ate pauline, wherever you are right now, know that i am thankful for your friendship. i hope and pray for your soul to be at peace with the creator. the earth lost another good soul. saturday. walked around the neighborhood with mae and karina. brunch at ihop. mall. relax at home. bike. dinner of dinuguan. now it's sunday. we are at the second dvd of the roots - a very intense movie on the african slavery. it follows the life of an african boy kunta kinte from africa to america, through generations....