The Past Week

I decided to record significant moments in my life starting now. I hope I remember the things that happened to me in the past week.

I think I can start with April 16, 2009 (Thursday)

This was a very tiring day considering we danced and practiced for the graduation video from 9:00AM to 5:00PM. We tried to remake the ABS CBN Summer Station ID. It was a very fun experience. I went home really tired.

April 17, 2009 (Friday)

Another day for practice, but this time only a few graduating people showed up. This is why I was given a major role in the video. They made me lip synch 2 lines in the songs intro. Louie my housemate came back from Bicol and he was also given the same role to portray.

After the practice I, along with Keith, Paul, and Rap slept over at Kelvin's in Fairview to finish the AF Financial Report. We talked about many things about the org and the members (wahahaha, evil laugh). We bought a bottle of vodka but was not able to consume it because everyone was sleepy after doing the report and no one could stay up a bit more to finish the drink that Rap made.

April 18, 2009

The big Meriendahan 2 dinner with Anna Gonzales, Ruelo, Parce, Dara, Ku and Christian. They were the alumni who went to Joe's place in Greenhills. The members who attended were Cachie, Joe, Anna K, Barry, Keith, Rap, Sudar, and July. We were overwhelmed with the amount of food available to us then. It was like a feast. We also learned a lot from the beginnings of Arki Forum. We really enjoyed the night and went home with Rap and Barry.

April 19, 2009

Induction and Turnover Ceremony for the UP Arki Forum took place in Pansol, Calamba. The convoy consisted of 4 cars. I boarded Nicole's ride while the others were in Dino's, Dax's and Monica's cars. We arrived at the resort around 9AM. I had a really good time singing my heart out with my friends requesting me to sing happy songs. And so I sang Christina Aguilera's "Come on Over" Britney's "Baby One more time" and an Aegis song. While many were swimming, they were listening to me as I tried to sing these pop songs. Well I just thought these would lighten our mood and just inject pure enjoyment.

For the very first time too, I was not afraid to swim in a pool with water going over my head. Cachie and I tried to perfect our strokes. We also shot videos and pictures underwater. The shots were really great and the video appealing. Dino even made a fool of himself by trying to show his A _ _ on screen. Luckily I am quick in responding and I turned the cam off by the time he pulled it down.

I think a lot of people really had fun then. It was nice to see my old friends join us in the celebration. We went home tired and scared that Mike would throw up inside Nicole's van. Anyway, I went home with Lando and a whole big plate of pansit which up to now is in the fridge. Before I dozed off, the skies was shouting like hell with its thunderstorm. I was really scared and pulled my pillow from my head just to cover my eyes from all the flashes. Unfortunately I was the only one feeling a bit scared since Lando who was sleeping beside me was already dreaming. We woke up at 9:00AM and ate at Rodic's UP Village the next day.

Hmmm, not bad, my memory is still functioning quite well.

Don't Know Why

I have this client right now who asked me to layout web pages for him. It was a cheap deal considering he asked me to do 2 websites for the price of 5,000. I don't even know now why I was so excited in doing the project because he has a strong vision of what he wants; so strong he does not want to compromise.

It somewhat confuses me since I also envisioned something for the website which I think could really make it more readable and understandable for the public who will view the services of the business they are offering. I really wish I could be more free in doing the web design since I know that between us, I am the one with more knowledge on aesthetic arrangements of figures and text.

I worked with a longtime friend (Com Sci major) on this particular website. I was acquainted with how I must adjust to his work ethics. I am happy because we have worked on this without big time compromises in our objectives. It helped that we had the same views. It is a good thing that we are both to be hired again for another project. If the first one was for a construction firm, this second one is for a burger shoppe. Cool eh!

Slowly I am being shown the real world and I don't know why it is far too rough compared to what I thought it was. Truthfully, experience is a better teacher and dealing with people or clients will define how good of a person one is.

A New Member of the Family

And so, after a walk-filled day, I decided to get myself something to take care of in the coming weeks or until it may last. And since I am a fan of eradicating all sorts of causes of cancer from radiation, I bought myself a plant (which absorbs radiation).

I named it Bob, after my favorite 3D animation character from Monsters VS Aliens.