1. I have a 9am to 4am Work on DEC31 to JAN1 and I have a lot to prepare for.

2. Because I was supposed to see some people yesterday but my busy schedule (amidst the Long Holiday Season) didn't permit me to

3. Namiss kong mag-check ng Online Communities such as: Multiply, Friendster, Facebook, Deviantart (na inaccessible), LomoManila (na under construction naman), etc...

4. Namiss ko mag-Post ng Blog sa Multiply!!!

5. Kelangan ko na linisin ang over 3000 unread messages ko sa (each) Inbox sa YahooMail and Gmail 

6. Kelangan ko na linisin kwarto and files sa laptop ko

7. Usual erratic Insomnia attack!

8. I'll be missing the sort-of-fun, super-busy, very-blessed-but-sometimes-trying, adventure-foodtrip-music-arts-filled Year called 2008

Hmmm...SO BAKIT NGA KAYA???  (actually hindi ko rin alam)

Ika nga ni Benson de Guzman at ng Miss Saigon (Thanks to Ms. Marie for the correction) na musical... "WHY GOD, WHY TODAY???"

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

2weeks on&off fever + slight nausea + random migraine attacks + random hyperacidity + hard time sleeping = unproductive weeks = more migraine + stress next week

PS: isa pang rason bakit bawal magkasakit = http://mytymark.deviantart.com/art/punky-get-well-card-94644991

DESKTOP WORLD... HERE I COME!!!

AFTER 5 LONG YEARS of College and Dorm Life… of uncertainty of the day’s work area… of going to different classrooms and sitting on different seating arrangements… of group meetings/overnights here and there… of unending presentations… and of cramming, I'M FINALLY SAYING GOODBYE TO LAPTOPS!!!

Gone are the days of stolen laptops... improvised laptop bags, sky-rocketing repair costs…UNchargeable battery (well for my case only, ‘cause mine got broken)… slow processors… un-expandable virus-filled memory… keypad with UNreplace-able missing letters… somewhat hard to manipulate touchpad… and most of all… goodbye to 8 freaking pounds of back ache!

Of course, a LAPTOP’S PORTABILITY is the number one feature I’m surely going to miss and it wasn’t all a sour journey with these digital notebooks. Certainly, the BIG CHANGE IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY especially since I already have to BID FAREWELL THIS VERY WEEK to the laptop that helped me graduate! Yep, I only got 3-5DAYS to decide the different SPECS and ACCESSORIES I NEED FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY!

ALL YE TECHIE PEEPS, ESPECIALLY MY MOST LOVED CIRCUIT CITY BOYS, MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME. Here’s the list so far of what I think are important:

-          Microsoft Windows XP Professional (not a fan of Vista)

-          INTEL QUAD CORE PROCESSOR or at least CORE 2 DUO

-          200 GIGABYTES HARD DRIVE

-          15” to 19” LCD MONITOR (preferably widescreen)

-          DVD WRITER

-          SD CARD READER

-          WIFI ACCESS

-          QWERTY KEYPAD

-          WIRELESS OPTICAL MOUSE with that middle roller thingy

-          Pokemon or Winnie the Pooh MOUSE PAD! Haha!

-          usual INPUT-OUTPUT PORTS and SLOTS

-          AGP (Accelerated graphics port) VIDEO CARD??? No idea… =(

-          MEMORY??? (1 gig? 2 gig? Dunno how many GBs at least for it to function well or at most before it becomes too sinful.)

-     INFRARED & BLUETOOTH???

-         SPEAKERS (Altec Lansing? Haha! Wishful thinking)

-         WACOM? Yeah right. Just pushing my luck!

-         What else??? HELP!!!

BTW, MAC IS NOT AN OPTION unless someone is patient enough to teach me and willing to fund me cause i bet i wont be productive during the learning stage. And the budget here is from the IBM Z60m Thinkpad and maybe also the ASUS laptop, and the rest is going to be funded by the M.L.T. (my dad)! maybe around P40-60k! Teehee!

(EDITED VERSION NA TOH BASED FROM PEEPS SUGGESTIONS)

I can't believe that it has been a year already. The past 365days surely went by so quickly, it just feels like yesterday that i tortured myself to sleepless nights of planning about what to blog, taking paparazzi-like shots in the campus, composing journal entries for UAPAK, replying to readers' comments and waiting for the verdict of our grades for Interactive Marketing via different metric systems... And yet, i must accept that those were all in the past and a new batch of "forced" bloggers from UA&P's 4th year IMC are now asking me to link them and begging me to read and comment on their entries. *shivers* Déja vu!!!

But, enough about me and my nostalgic stories. The limelight is for the newbies, the new batch of Interactive Marketers for the year 2007-2008. So, let's welcome them, visit their sites and tell them our opinion by giving them a proper comment or two:

1. World Vision = http://urworldvision.blogspot.com/
This blog is a place where you can share YOUR vision about your community, your country, and our world. They regularly have new topics that may cater to your interest and they are encouraging you to share your views through comments. Also, this blog gives you the opportunity to make your world vision come true through your donations. The group is inviting all of us to dream with them through sharing YOUR WORLD VISION, there in OUR blog.

PLUS: they've got a nifty little contest going on until Feb.29, 2008.


2. IMC I AM STRONG = http://imciamstrong.blogspot.com/
This blog is in support of the I AM S.T.R.O.N.G organization and is dedicated to help the youth in their day-to-day decision-making. Topics discussed here are about life, relationships (family, friendship, love), school, and virtually anything under the sun that concerns the youth. They serve as ATEs and KUYAs from the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) and are here to guide teenagers through different situations and help them make the right decisions. Although, I AM STRONG is generally a VALUES FORMATION PROGRAM, which seeks to equip the young with values and guide them in acquiring the proper framework with which to assess real-life issues and situations. Issues related to teenage life, tips to being a more responsible individual and announcements of other values formation events are to be regularly posted because the group's beneficiaries are highschool students.


3. UA&P Project ISKO = http://uapprojectisko.blogspot.com/
The members are all advocates of ISKO, the scholars' organization of UA&P. They want to generate awareness for the projects of ISKO to get support from the UA&P community, and others who are willing to support their causes. Basically, Project ISKO is all about helping scholars help others. The bloggers hope to get our support for the achievement of their goals.

Read. React. Donate. This is UA&P Project ISKO.


4. I KEEP LOVE REAL = http://ikeeplovereal.blogspot.com/
This site is a hodgepodge of articles, videos, photos and neat facts about true love and related factors. Based from the beneficiary's website: Not many people understand what real love is…We’re bombarded with too many confusing messages… It is perhaps about time to speak about love really is. Real love is a decision to treat ourselves and others with respect and not use another for our own wants or needs.

This may be the main goal of the blogsite. To spread the true meaning of what real love is and should be.

Waaaahhh! As much as i love to experiment on my camera and take photos, i hate uploading them! It takes so much time kasi. It's either i take time in editing the image size of the photos in adobe photoshop OR i rot while waiting for my really large-file-sized pics to upload! Kaya MINSAN TULOY PARANG AYOKO NA LANG MAG-PICTURE PARA WALA NANG MAGPEER-PRESSURE, MAGDEMAND AT MAGPARINIG NA I-POST KO NA ANG MGA PICS!

Hindi ba pedeng gumawa na lang ako ng folder sa computer at bigla na lang "POOF! ALL PICS ARE UPLOADED" na in multiply? huhuhu! pero sige foine foine foine! i see your point rin naman and alam kong may right rin kayo sa mga pics nyo (malamang, kayo nga yung andun eh), kaya ayan! sa mga nagger jan... i need talent fee ha! LABOR OF LOVE ang aking gagawin ngayong love month!

SA MGA PINAGKAKAUTANGAN KO ng vanity pics and documentation of events nila, ANO PONG MGA EVENTS (mas maganda sana if alam niyo ang date) NA HINDI KO PA NA-U-UPLOAD ANG GUSTO NIYONG UNAHIN KONG I-POST????

Dimensions of Love Extended!

A photo contest on the different meanings of the powerful word love.

YOU MAY SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES UNTIL FEB. 13 at OSA 1.5  

To celebrate 10 fruitful years in the Philippines, Starbucks Coffee treats customers participating in the 2008 Planner Promotion to double sticker credits on their promo cards from December 4 to 7, 2007 between the hours of 12:30-2:00 pm and 8:00-9:30 pm.

Customers purchasing Starbucks Coffee beverages (except bottled water, bottled beverages and fruit juices) on these dates during the specified times, are entitled to two (2) stickers for every beverage purchased.

If a featured beverage is purchased, the customer gets one (1) additional sticker on the featured or core beverage panel of the promo card. If a core beverage is purchased, the customer gets one (1) additional sticker on the core beverage panel only.

Sticker treats will be handed out with the receipt at date and point of sale only. A no promo card, no sticker policy will strictly be implemented.

Finally finally finally!!! After my long rest from handling SLRs (due to my broken manual one when I was still in highschool), I finally have my CANON EOS 400D!

My dad and I went to Hidalgo Street in Quiapo last Sunday (September 8, Mama Mary's bday) and bought me a DSLR. WOOHOO!!! We only got the whole kit, with bag, filter, 1gig memory and cleaning cloth for only P35,000+. YEAH!!!

So now, to all ye peeps out there, I'd like to announce the name of my new baby CANON EOS 400D (yeah i name my precious gadgets)... CODY!!!

…reminded me that 1) my future, the “real world” that I have been preparing for since I was a child is just a month away; 2) art and communications are just means to an end and not the goal itself; and lastly, 3) I love everybody who became part of my academic life.

Some may be wondering why I already experienced my last day in IMC. The semester is not yet over. I still need to attend 1 more subject twice a week and still need to answer all those math exercises. But since I cross-enrolled and I’m currently taking up accounting under the Management course, it doesn’t really count as IMC. And… This morning, at exactly 10:51 AM of September 4, 2007, beloved Mr. Jason de Villa (Communication Society professor under the Integrated Marketing Communications course), my last IMC professor, decided to give his “last lecture” for the class. He decided it would be best to just end early with the readings, lectures and quizzes to give a month’s time of preparation for our (grand) finals paper, which is due this October. ;p

I know I should be happy because… No more waking up early every Tuesday morning. No more riding with Marie and her morning high bloods whenever we hit the permanently traffic roads in Metro Manila. No more panic-filled rides to school whenever I leave the house a bit delayed than originally planned. No more meetings with crazy group-mates who endlessly discuss and argue over presentations. But, beside all of that newly gained convenience, I am not 100% celebratory about that supposedly festive moment, I can’t help but be filled with mixed emotions of worry, sadness, guilt and panic. Yes, only one more paper to think about, but I am worried that this is my last paper for the course and that I might not be able to produce something really valuable. I am saddened by the fact that my last semester with the School of Communications ended all too anti-climactically. I also felt guilty because I realized that this is the last semester I’d be staying in college and I still wasn’t able to deliver the best that I have to offer, c/o the little thing called slacking off. And lastly, I felt panicky, the kind that seems as if I am about to experience palpitations. This is from fact that after that final paper for CommSoc, I must think about my future or my “real life” as many would call it.

Good thing that Sir Jason has this perfect sense of timing. Just when I am ready to turn on my emo mode or “emode,” he made me calm down a bit (a bit only because I am still in panic mode) and re-think my values, beliefs and goals in life. He reminded the class that people communicate because, as we endlessly quote Plato, “man is naturally a social being” and that we cannot survive in this world without interacting with our fellow human beings. In addition, communication is but a means of sending a message. Art is just the same thing. Photography should not be hollow with meaning and always taken as a visual end. The last lecture reminded me why I love taking photographs. I was magically transported to the time when I first tried to capture a photograph without asking my subjects to say “cheese.” I am reminded that I love clicking the camera because I do not only want to keep a record of time capsules, but rather a proof of a priceless moment of existence. I love photography more than other because it is my means of sending a message. I love taking photos because usually I love the subjects in it, whether they are people, places or objects. I love photography because most of the time, they remind me of things to be thankful for. I love the arts because it reminds me what I have learned from the beautiful people in my life.

And for that… I offer this blog as my gratitude to everybody…Thank you to all who has “communed” with me!

(source: http://punkyliciousss.blogspot.com/ )

(this is for all the fairies out there, the joyful ones, dying, bitter, dramatic, super and all things in general)

Leche! Kapag nga naman nainlab, matagal mag-move-on-let-go! Huhuhu!

Heard one of the most monumental songs in my dormlife last night, The Used’s “Blue and Yellow!” Linchak talaga! Tuloy, I remember how exhilarating it felt like studying 3am in the morning tapos wala na talagang pumapasok sa utak. Bigla ka na lang magugulat may sumisigaw ng emo songs sa likod mo! May karamay ka pala! Hanggang sa nagbelt out na lang kayo ng lahat ng kanta sa “bitter playlist” niyo at wala nang nabasa! Poproblemahin niyo pa sa umaga ang almusal! Oh yeah, almusal! Cooking corned beef and pancit canton was chemistry. There was a different sense of fulfillment whenever we experiment with canned goods para lang ma-feel niyo na kahit papano nag-iiba ang lasa. That kind of fulfillment can never be achieved anywhere. Hindi madadaya sa bahay. Tipong pati paghugas ng plato, kakaibang saya! Ang sarap sumigaw sa balcony ng mala-spartan sa lakas na “FREEDOM!!!”

Independence and all that shit, I fell madly in love with it. Well, not that completely independent since I’m still wasting my parent’s money but you get what I mean. I was loyal to that lifestyle for 3 whole years. Tipong nagtatampo na sila mama kasi nung una palagi pa ko na-ho-home sick. Until I finally found a new home away from home. Baristas, convenience store & netcafe cashiers, resto waiters, cooks, and security guards, lahat sila chummies mo. Alam mo birthdays and yung iba katext mo pa! Gained experiences I never thought I’d be able to experience, but I did, and all in the span of that few golden years. When people would just barge into your doorstep in the middle of typhoons, being hospitable is twice the fun. It’s because you can completely tell that person that he is welcome to “be at home.” Kasi pag bahay ng parents mo, aantayin mo pa sa bibig nila kung okay lang ba talaga na bigla na lang maghalumpasay sa sofa or sa balcony yung refugee.

Hayyy… music, booze, coffee, chocolate, corned beef, pancit canton, lomi, internet, boys next door, math, dvds, freaky elevators, cluttered rooms, rotting food in the ref, bills, rent deadlines, whiteboard announcements, 3am trippings, 24hour delivery services, birthday surprises, endless readings, overnights and fairies… all part of a colorful past. Iba ngayon, wala nang dorm. I’m now commuting to school, riding jeep, bus, LRT or FX. It’s a different kind of freedom, I guess. Sana lang ma-inlove na ko sa bagong buhay na ‘to fast... ‘cause I’m seriously having a hard time letting go of the old one.

PS: Walang English version. Masyadong mahaba!

Isa pong ANNOUNCEMENT para sa lahat ng friendly friends at makukulit kong friends na nag-aantay ng mga pictures ko na mahigit tatlong buwan kong hindi na-i-post sa sobrang ka-busyhan...

Magsisimula na po ako magpost ng pictures simula bukas ngunit ito ay PABALIKTAD na CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER! opo! tama po ang inyong nabasa! bale, uunahin ko ang PINAKA-RECENT TO PINAKADATI PA! ayan! para yung mga mas nangangati na sobra kung magtext araw-araw para magpaalala na i-post ko na yung kaka-happen pa lang na happening eh matahimik na!

maraming salamat po!

PS: (ENGLISH VERSION OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT)

Starting tomorrow, i'll be uploading pictures here in multiply. I will upload the folders from the most recent events up the oldest ones! That's all, thank you!

This morning, my mom talked to me about the dorm. She reminded me to call for a meeting with my dorm mates to discuss our plans for the condo unit this summer, especially since there will be lesser people staying there for the summer vacation. And then, it hit me!

"TANING! May taning rin pala ang lahat ng 'to! Oo nga noh, hindi naman ako magdodorm for all my life."

Wala lang. Andami ko actually gustong sabihin about "letting go, moving on, bidding farewell, life, growth, change, and all that jazz" pero antok na ko! Marami pa namang time for that sa summer. Basta ngayon, ang sad lang kasi na-realize ko lang na, soon...as in very soon, i will be forced to let go of a lifestyle, of that glimpse of freedom which actually formed a significant part of who i am now. The clock is ticking. I must be ready.

Name: Soleil Taguines

Name her fans call her: Punky

Motto: I won’t be late tom!

How She Describes Herself:

OC but due to sleeplessness would rather sleep in a pile of junk than fix the room, ultimate dormer, hopeless romantic, and loves watching scary movies because screaming is highly recommended.

How Others Describe Her:

1. Lyka Alarilla

There’s this one time (at band camp) when I was in ACB ground floor, I overheard a girl from a couple of floors up, talking about how late she was for over-snoozing the alarm clock for the nth time. A blast of laughter follows. Hah! I need not turn my head. I know all too well it’s Punky… Ultimately because:

-Of the unmistakable laugh heard a mile away

-Of that same laughter making everyone else’s sound like a whimper

-Of  the “Wait! Pictuuuure!” heard every 5.3 seconds

-Of the sudden chill creeping up my spine, knowing I’m about to get bitten on the arm, or on my shoulder without prior notice

-And…Of the heightened expectation that my day is about to get brighter because she is on her way and will not fail to greet with a larger-than-life-smile-and-beso-with-bear-hug combo and an amplified enthusiasm to take another picture with me.

And before I know it, “Lykaaaaa-laaaa!!!”

*beso* *hug* *CLICK!!*

2. Deo Calumba

Punky is a punk rock star. She wears colorful clothes and consequently dazes your eyes. She laughs at almost anything which makes your heart glad. Punky is a simple person doing her best to achieve her big dreams as creative as possible. Her creativity is reflected through her artworks, her boisterous outdoor trips, and unpredictable face gestures. Punky is Punky. You will never see another wonderful lady like her.

3. Sam Sacramento

It would definitely be easy to spot Punky in a crowd. She’d either be jumping around with her flashy camera or talking, incessantly. She once described herself as a walking double shot espresso and we couldn’t agree more. Her insatiable excitement and love for life spills over everyone around her and people can’t help but get hyper when she’s around. She lives everything with BIGNESS: Big grin to laugh with, big eyes that absorb all the beauty she finds in most ordinary things… and a big heart that contains her passion for everything she does and loves immensely those lucky enough to know her.

oh yeah, that was ME! hahaha!

well, being in IMC, blogging is not only for the bitter. it can also be for your grades like what we are doing now for interactive marketing. most of the time it's really fun because you are compelled to write entries within a theme. i just hope the readers are enjoying as well.

by the way, the link to our blog is this: http://uapcampuspaparazzi.blogspot.com/

and i would also want to thank those who are making a link for our blog. really heartwarming!

whoever said that there are different kinds of intelligences is really a brilliant person. because, honestly, you have to admit that we can't all be einsteins, graham bells and newtons.

i for one, think in STILL PICTURES, different scenarios frozen in time. i have always imagined things ordered in a sort of a layout. i memorize things better if i can see an outline, a one page explanation of the flow of thought. if that page breaks and page2 is necessary, it suddenly becomes harder to imagine. 

there are others who think in SOUNDS, tunes, melodies and rhythms. i've always liked music and even had a band before. but i honestly had to thank college for giving me a reasonable excuse to stop jamming. i was always the one to memorize the songs last and had a hard time looking for the right chords to play. for others, tunes and melodies are the logical flow that guides their life.

i also have friends who worship WORDS and the sentences and paragraphs that come out from mixing all these symbols. i envy them the most. as if communicating in flowery sentences or straight to the point conversations are just so damn easy when honestly it is not. they are creative and yet reasonable in putting into words whatever they think, feel or even doubt.

hey! i'm not complaining why we all think differently! i don't know exactly the point of this entry. hehe! maybe i'm just sharing a realization that suddenly hit me this evening while chatting with a friend. (or an attempt to be artsy and profound. haha!) because while we're updating ourselves about the latest chikas we missed in each others lives, we reminisced about our barkada and found out how different we all are and how we think. and yet, we were all friends since elementary...

ah the wonders of life! (another attempt! hehe!)