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MartiN: dropping by :)
eric: haven't heard from u for awhile, hope it find you well here :)
nigel: hi!!!!!
Krishna: Hi, Nice Blog!
toni: hey guys! got me-self a new blog here! :)
michelle: hey toni!!!!!! just wanna drop by n say hello!
nova: hi i got your link from bless' page want to check u out here and you do have a nice and interesting blog page.. congratz...
nadine: Karen, YABANGGG!! Haha!! =P Purkit ggraduate lang?? Haha!! Sabihin mo sakin yung bago mo!! Namiss ko na mga kalokohan mo eh! =P
marc: hi there care to link ex :)
nadine: toni!! ano ba naman yan, may mga palaka paring sumusulpot dito sa page mo!!=P
Lila: I was a H.S. grad last year. I like the theme in this page.
Heidi: TONI! I miss you!!!! :D
Bits & Pieces: hello..care to exchange link?
Clarisse: yo ton! hehe. actually, it's supposed to be a small corner/room/area(?) full of books and memorabilia donated by Aurelio Calderon. It's like a tiny museum spot...baka inalis na nila?
Clarisse: HEY TONI! how are you! may favor sana ako...andon pa ba sa library ang aurelio calderon collection? can you some pics of it if it's allowed? let me know if it's possible ha.
mandi791: Hey, just stopping by again ! HAGD!
ROBIN: Heya! Sorry for the cheeky tag, but I am trying to get as many visitors to my cancer charity blog as i can - loads of signed items for auction in aid of a great cause, why not pop on by and have a look - dont forget to sign the guestmap. rx
eric: happy Easter Toni
bill & gina: hi nice sight just passing by. Want to exchange links? take care.
eric: sorry Tonli, my friend, I was too busy in office work and not checking here for a period, will come back to see your pretty faces soon :)
LWM: Holly just found out her mom died a few months back, no one told her. If you get a chance how about stopping by for a word or two, I m sure she could use a few kind words right now
abby: hello ton...got you awards!
FLIP MY BLOG: ex-link?
FLIP MY BLOG: Blog hopping,you have one cool blog... care to ex-link with me?
Clarisse: what? anak ba ni mother lily montesomething...or is that viva films. ay i forgot na
Clarisse: hi! ay...akala ko mewon...
Mandi791: Hey just stopping by! Have a great week!
Bill S.: Thanks for leaving a comment on my tag board!
toni: wahhh cla... asan? asan? haha.. sabi ko sana love life nalang problema ko kesa school! haha.
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Clarisse: NAKU...may love life ka pa palang inaatupag! hihihi
Bless: added you up :-)
Kerri: Thanks for stopping by and leaving a tag. Hope you will visit again soon.
mm: hi toni! i added you at my site ah=)
Bless: hello there! bloghopping
Dee: Hi there! Thanks for visiting my journal and leaving me a comment. I've enjoyed my visit here. You're journal is really pretty and filled with such happy smiles.Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday!
toni: kamusta naman abby. 330 na ko nakarating sa class ko. haha... tapos pina early dismissal ko narin. mga 415 tapos na. till 440 dapat. ... nasiraan kase ako ng car on the way to school! ... isang oras lang ata ako nandon. .. so not much of a teaching experience. haha
abby: hi ton...yup! i've mentioned it to her AFTER...LOL! It was really a funny game...heheh
abby: ay, masaya yan! wat subject mo?
toni: hello abby :) um.. well today my class will be at 2:30pm. that would be my only purpose for going to school today. and my teacher won't be present today. which mean, i'll be left in charged. haha.
abby: hello ton! got a new blog in this link...how's ur teaching stint?
Akoi: blog hopping..happy monday
Jonella Beauty: Hi Toni, Thanks so much for visiting me. You have a happy blog here. I have added you to my friends list, so please add me to yours, if it is ok.
Clarisse: What fun! Im actually interacting with someone from out there...HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. Hope is was fun. Btw, I saw your blog on the bravejournal community page. I think that's when you won JOW or something. I just followed your link on the right corner weeks after.
Sally Ferguson: Happy Valentine's Day!
Clarisse: Hi again, Toni! I found out that you're from DLSU from your posts! (hello... just kidding!) I think I said a decade and a half...JoAl substituted for my GenPsych prof who for some reason had to take a leave (for the life of me, I can't remember why) JoAl was in training of some sort. I'm ID'89. Thought I'd make it sound nicer by saying "about a decade and a half" hee hee hee. I'm from CBE, but did my masters in Psych, which of course I didn't finish at thesis point...got whisked away by love.
Clarisse: Hi Toni. Just wanted to say hi. I stumbled upon your blog one boring day here at work in California. Your posts entertain me...makes me think about my own days back in DLSU, about...uhrm...er...a decade and a half before yours. I know some teachers you talk about here. I think it was JoAl's first year of teaching with us...funny. I am reliving memories through you...Rock on!
Holly: Hi Toni. It's Monday, Feb. 11/08 and today's edition of Manic Monday is up. Drop by for a visit if you want to... Have a great day, my friend!
Zimaleye: Great Blog, definately one of my favorites. and btw, great choice in music. Have the same on my itty bitty blog.
birdbits: Hey there, hi, hello, like this place!
LIND: HELLO

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Sunday, April 27th 2008

9:01 PM

I am a graduate!!!! (well technically =))

152th Commencement Excercises: JUNE 21 2008.

Soci was browsing my highschool project last week and browsed through this list which includes Top 10 things I really wish to happen & Top 10 things I want to achieve before dying.

Time to recap what I have achieve and still yet to! (Made this SECOND YR high school)

TOP TEN WISHES (i really want to happen)

10) Dollar rate would go back to $1=Php20 ( haha wishful hoping?? so we can go travel to more places!)

9) To be able to sell every single house in the Philippines an automatic garage door. (wahah my Father's business Martin Garage doors, just thought of it because we'll be super rich)

My Kids, My Nephews and Nieces would be really really close to each other like my cousins and me (uh-oh. not even friends with cousins anymore :S)

7) To be married to my soulmate (whoever he is! haha)

6) Forever Friends with my Annex5 Troop (awh will be guys! even though we barely see each other na!)

5) To recieve recognition or honors when i graduate college (OH-EM-GEE!, this struck me because I WILL!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOO)

4) My Bestfriend Elaine & I would be studying college together, same course, same school (aww... didn't happen though, but it's ok. was just our dream once upon a time! )

3) Be able to study at DLSU (CHECK! )

2) Have a Boy Best Friend (CHECK! haha. but come and go... although they're still reliable and the other one though... hope we'll talk soon!)

1) That my sister and for my cousin carmie will kiss and make up (uhhh top1, but dunno! ahhaha war.. dunno. moving on ...)

TOP TEN DREAMS (things i want to achieve before dying)

10) To experience skiing, to build a sand castle & a snowman

9) To be able to make an "Insights" cover (hs magazine, uhm never happened! haha... i colored though)

Spend my 18th Birthday at New World Hotel (did not happen, New World = Grad Ball, bad memories na! ahah)

7) To take over our company (uhhh no way though wahahhahaha... i have my other plans already)

6) To be a nurse and earn dollars (WAHAHHA no way.. i'd consider being a teacher abroad though!)

5) To move to another country before the Philippines drowns (haha.. that will depend on future opportunities)

4) Still be keeping in touch with Elaine (aw my ever so bestfriend i left in stscho when i decided to study HS in CSA, thank God for Internet

3) Still be close to my best cousins (uhhhhhhh...)

2) Be a great mother to my kids (wahah how cheesy)

1) To be a wonderful wife and have a lovely family (hahaha what ever)


AND NOW............... my new list! TOP 5 CAREERS I WANT TO EXPERIENCE/ACHIEVE! (arranged according to priority)

5) Work at some big time corporate/industrial institution... (just to experience, aside from school settings )

4) Work in Summit Media Corporation slash, specifically Cosmopolitan Magazine. (journalist, consultant, researcher..)

3) Go Back to DLSU and apply for PERSEF Teacher (my practicum subject haha) 

2) Enroll Masters in Counseling in DLSU while teaching Persef (or if possible, Masters in Counseling at California State University - Dominguez Hills and at the same time teach)

1) Put up my own Preschool


Top 10 things I need and want to do (these are long term goals of course!)

10) Learn new language (wala lang... haha)

9) Enroll in a Journalism/Creative Writing Vocational Course (my dream to write!!!!)

Enroll in a Cooking Course (personal development and for lifestyle benefit  )

7) Enroll in a Baking Course (personal development and for lifestyle benefit  )

6) Enroll in Masters in Counseling (mainly for personal development hehe; but would be good for credentials)

5) Apply in De LaSalle Zobel (one day hehe)

4) Apply in De LaSalle University (i would like to try and teach my practicum subject again haha)

3) Apply for Free Lance writing (i want to writeeeeeeeeee)

2) Apply for PreSchool (one step closer to putting up my school)

1) can't think of top 1 priority. haha graduate? look for a job??? will accept suggestions.

 

 

 

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Thursday, April 10th 2008

12:23 AM

before I left LaSalle...

  • I'm Thinking: I contributed in the Quality of my University's Education (haha)

i experienced interviewing teachers applying for LaSalle 


I had the most wonderful experience today amidst after a very stressful term and a very unpredictable future....

 
 I sat together with Dr. Allan Bernardo, Dr, John Addy Garcia, Miss Lara Tolentino & Dr. Rochelle Garcia and watched the teaching demo of applicants for CEPD, more specifically, applying for PERSEF teacher next school year.

 
It was so much fun today kase I felt like they were just my classmates and I was so overwhelmed because they asked me for opinions if they will accept the applicant or not. Haha…

 Haha hayyyyyyyy nako. Hahah... they kept describing pa how Lasallian students are, and how the teachers may handle it. . hehe

 

“Well she handles grade 1 students, she could definitely handle the freshmen class" Later on…

 “Well he has a good experience with NGO and disadvantage students”…

 gradeschool students, special students. haha... Lasallians are a different animal.

 
Is it that scary for first timers??? haha.. well maybe if you're not used to that kind of environment. a.k.a. those kind of students. (takes one to know one)

 

I was just smiling haha… kase they were also remarking how we (my blockmates and I) were behaving as a class. Haha… 

Thank you thank you for the privileged and experience.. haha. Will hope to see the teachers who got it, next term!


On my Practicum Porfolio on the other hand, haha I was watching Sir Addy check the portfolios and I got a 4.0. hmph. I better. haha... feeling...


 

Thesis??? well, few days and i will know the results!! Dr. Bernardo! be kind 

 


P.S. After watching and Evaluating the teacher applicants, i really felt a sudden epiphany that I WANTED TO APPLY TOO! whahahah... sounds like fun... arrr... too bad my teaching demo days are over haha... could have practiced more pa.

 

 

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Wednesday, March 26th 2008

8:08 PM

a glimpse of the peak of my graduating experience

March 26, 2008.

Today is my final teaching demo evaluation! and Thesis Defens X_X


ooooh did not prepare last night but instead just had a "come-what-may" attitude and watched soap operas.

 last week of "maging sino ka man" (featuring john lloyd and bea alonzo) weee...


on the lighter side... the day went greaT! haha.. woke up at 6AM ...

defense at 10am

teaching demo at 2:40-430pm...

no preparations just plain schema. and yet, turns out to be favorable day...

thesis is fun fun fun who would have known

I hope the panel realizes what we've been through for the past 3 months and thank God for minor revisions... err bearable!

hope they gave us a high grade

teaching demo? ooo i wasnt stiff this time haha... my coordiator told me that I was better and relaxed and was able to get participation from my students

happy happy....

more detail update soon with pictures... btw, my thesis mate is also off to las vegas now


gonna miss you anj! haha come back before finals week ah!

thank you john lloyd, you saved our thesis defense from bored dom
  we placed his picture in our powerpoint and quoted his commercial lines which served as the introduction for our presentation


whoooooo.. winner! haha... if we get a high grade this time, i swear im blaming it to him! haha

i'm going to continue supporting your soap operas!
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Sunday, March 9th 2008

11:06 PM

Life, has barely even begun...



My Dad's Accomplishments.

 
This is Mine =)
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Sunday, March 9th 2008

1:00 AM

4 weeks and counting

  • What's New: nothing, just the usual thesis :)
HAven't been blogging for quite some time now. No more time to freedom express my emotions because of THESIS X_X.

however, I'm actually enjoying and having high hopes with our thesis now, despite alot of things we've been doing since january. and despite every week there's something new to be added

Right now we need to "filipinanize" our thesis by researching local journals and trying to understand the FIlipino Culture of Procrastination.

Good thing there is such a thing like the "mamaya na" habit or maniana habit.

Good thing also there's such a concept of Filipino time.

explaining procrastination in the Philippine setting paved way for more hope


Good thing also there's Juan Tamad. haha. (also know as the Lazy Juan Dela Cruz, a tale of boy who waits for the fruit to fall from the tree by lying underneath it an opening its mouth, talk about laziness talaga)

That's all for now folks. will post my thesis when I'm done. I'm going to be really proud of it now because it's totally extreme to the highest level.

talk about doing more than 3 studies in less than 3 months during your undergraduate year.

I have become SLEEP DEPRIVED.

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Thursday, February 28th 2008

9:00 PM

another one of damn 'em thursdays...

  • Mood:
  • What's New: just the usual.. "I HATE THURSDAYS" .. the only thing compensating for my hatred is that there's no school the next day.
  • I'm Thinking:

teachers talk about their students... students talk about their teachers too... and that's how the world of schooling goes.

I don't know when I will stop feeling and reacting about certain things and situations that happens to me every thursday. thursday = Consultation day with mentor = thesis day. My mentor's in school every thursday only so it has become a ritual of dropping by the faculty department before and after classes.. and I tell you...

Today, I felt like a bleeding flesh thrown in a pool of sharks.

But prior to that, in one of my classes we had this exam. But this wasn't that typical examination you get from your classes but out of being pissed. There's this prof. who's been trying so hard to "control" us by giving too many demands as if she already knows us too well. But she doesnt, is she crazy? She hasn't even gained our trust yet and no matter how many rules she implement, unless she gives us a reason why, we don't do exactly as she says. So much for being in a college of education man... you think we're supposed to be guilty, well sorry our conscience does not tell us that we did something that would justify how you reacted. What happened to teachers walking out of the room?!?! ... Quiz=Punishment? you are so so so traditional. You think we're afraid of quizess? We're not afraid of you. And how unprofessional. You take and act on things personally. You don't like us? well NEWS FLASH. we don't like you either, but the world happens to let our path cross and we can't do anything about it but be your student and be your teacher. but damn please do your job well will ya. else go back where you came from! YOU a-hole you're manipulating our grades just because you're mad!? damn you really! you're never fit to be a teacher! the deal was our grades are coming from a paper. and you give us an exam!? i hope you never get married. HAH!

Quiz=Punishment. my gosh. am i in high school???? So what are you happy now because you gave us "stress". i feel fvcking violated. and as usual we're supposed to take the quiz because you're the teacher and you hold the "authority". fvck you don't deserve to be respected.

If you know fear doesn't work with us then why don't you try using a diferrent strategy then MAYBE, just MAYBE we will obey you this time. tsss... I'm too preoccupied to dwell on that teacher's personality problem and just told myself

"there are worst people out there".

Going back to the pool of sharks. I know that the submission for thesis is only a week ahead, but damn can't teachers give even more pressure? There's too many voices and I can no longer identify whom to listen to. and literally TOO MANY VOICES. I thought I was only going to consult from our mentor and our statistical guider (if there's such a word)... I hear some say that how are we going to defend our thesis if we don't even know our statistics. er, not to be bitchy, but doi... ofcourse we're going to learn about it. please don't assume that i'm stupid not to know that i have no choice but to personally understand our thesis. that's why i'm consulting ain't I. I'm trying to figure out what are the things that we need to know. HOW THE FVCK ARE YOU GOING TO KNOW THE THINGS you need to know?! tell me now because I do not know. ... I know the means on how to know things but that's just it. what do i need to know??

it's like you're in a library and you know how to look for a book, its just you don't know what you're looking for. I just wish... for one day... atleast one thursday... i'm not being pulled down by people you're supposed to look up to. I'm not complaining, because yeah. they're your teachers. and it's their job to put you down so that you will learn to pull yourself up on your own. but sheessh i didn't know that's their ONLY job.

sticks and stones may break my bones. so kill me.


another one of damn 'em thursdays... so many voices entering in my head. (like i said. bleeding flesh in a swarm of hungry sharks) blah blah this. blah blah that. blah blah you're not doing good. it's not yet our defense but why do i feel like the whole department's my panel! ...

well i'm sorry lah, im not the best student. but i'm sure hell trying to do my best so will you give me a favor and not try to pull me down???? ... even just give me a rest? I'm trying to do my best to believe in myself and you're taking that belief away from me each time i hear unneccesary remarks.


another one of damn 'em school days. if nobody's going to believe in my comptence its good thing i still believe in myself, i just wish this belief don't gradually... i don't know, fade away?

 

THE UNIVERSE DOES NOT THROW ANY CHALLENGES OR OBSTACLES THAT YOU CANNOT HANDLE...

 

but the teachers do.

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Saturday, February 23rd 2008

9:53 PM

free time, and it sucks.

  • Mood: not in the mood.
  • What's New: that's just it. NOTHING
  • I'm Thinking: i miss...

have i been so pessimistic lately? my biorhythm reports that my intellectual and emotional rhythms is dropping low right now. [haha yeah, ever since high school my bestfriend, Vivienne Zerrudo read these (horoscopes and the like) things once in a while...

*The numbers from +100% (maximum) to -100% (minimum) indicate where the rhythms are on a particular day. In general, a rhythm at 0% is thought to have no real impact on your life, whereas a rhythm at +100% (a high) would give you an edge in that area, and a rhythm at -100% (a low) would make life more difficult in that area.

Damn that, i hate these type of days... I don't like getting too emo.

F.Y.I. I'm not that busy right now, and effin' bored. makes me think that I'd rather be loaded with work like I've been since the start of the term. Atleast something's up everyday and I'm not the type of person who deals with boredom. (according to psychological assesments, extroverts get drained with being alone)

One more dragging about having too much free time, is that I end up thinking. Thinking and reflecting. and more Thinking which eventually ends up thinking about things which shouldn't be thought about... you get me?. Ohhh, not mentally healthy.


So ok got pretty bored now, and wanting to find meaning in what I am feeling right now... and hopefully it heals or find its way back to numbness.

As the cards you can see below, yeah, did some tarot reading shit in attempt to rationalize some feelings. You have to pay for the interpretation, so i just tried locating the meaning of card in another tarot site. And now, I am off for more reflecting and will try my best to put meaning in the results of my cards . Talk about real boredom. and being so pathetic. hayyyy Lve. Happy anniversary to my independent/single life for me! =)

Two of Swords. This is the infamous blindfolded lady with the crossed swords. Crossed swords suggest a clash of ideas or words. The blindfolded lady, indicating impartiality, cannot uncross the swords, but she keeps them still. This is the knowledge of how to compromise, keep these two sides in balance and at peace. Note that this is a temporary compromise. The Querent may be in the middle, or just FORCED TO ACCEPT IT. Either way, they must be told that it won't last. The direction of your new brain power here is how to keep these two ideas from fighting, to hold off trouble and make peace.

Seven of Pentacles. A farmer watches pentacles grow on a tree. Sometimes, there is no way to take control of a situation. The farmer waits for the fruit on his tree to ripen so he may harvest and sell it; he has very little control over when this will happen. All he can do is BE PATIENT. So, too, with waiting for a job offer or raise, waiting for work to pay off, or a new diet, waiting for lottery numbers to be read. Sometimes you have to realize that you've done all you can do. It is out of your hands now. All you can do is WAIT. Ultimately, the sevens share that message, the farmer's message: hold out, be patient, don't rush, go around. Be in control of yourself and you can be in control of this situation.

Knight of Pentacles. This teen appreciates the very best things money can buy - not only because he likes such things, but because he doesn't like to stand out. He's got projects going, jobs on the side, he fears not having what others have, not fitting in. In comparison to the Knight of Wands, however, this teen likes being at home. He needs to have his own room or secret place, and woe to anyone who goes into that room or changes it in any way. This teen has his own organization system for everything. On the negative side, this teen can be far too solitary, too concerned with perfection, what he does or does not have, or earning a place of respect. Fear of failure or competition or standing out may keep him from leaving his room. He values and protects beautiful things and is a loyal employee if treated right.

Four of Wands. The ships have come in, and the Querent can sit back and enjoy them. This card, with its four wands holding up garlands, implies the foundation of a house, literally and figuratively. Whatever the Querent has been building, they have established it, strong and solid. They can take a moment to admire what they've done, enjoy the first rewards it has brought them, and bask in their initial success. Sometimes this card suggests marriage; once again, laying the foundation for the future.
Two of Wands. Usually a person choosing one wand over another. Wands are passion, and passion is not something that works when split. It requires a single focus. This card indicates a CHOICE TO BE MADE, but the instincts are right, and the choice made, where to put your energy and passion, will be a right one.


Ten of Swords. A man dead with ten swords in his back. It is a nasty looking card. Sometimes everything just... goes... wrong. And this is a card that lets the Querent know that, yes, things are as bad as he fears. The troublesome swords can't get much worse than this, with bad things said about the Querent, ruin of their lives. But as the fellow in the card indicates, the swords have done their worse. You can't be more dead. It is over.

Page of Wands. A message, possibly from far away, about a trip, career move, leadership position or something spiritual/philosophical.  


::rolling eyes: seems to be my favorite expression lately). Anyway, I don't know exactly how to interpret these shit. But I do know I can get a little advice from it (i think). It's like counseling.

Funny thing is about the challenges and obstacles, is basically telling me to wait for the fruits of my labor will soon bear. And for my advice? ... choices should be made. WOW. that's was helpful... (rolling my eyes again)...

 

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Saturday, February 23rd 2008

11:04 AM

pero ayoko pa

i'm in the middle of writing (supposed to be) a paper with this ARR subject. i know this is one of those times a regular student encounters when you have this really really task that you hate doing (right now because we loath the teacher). But hey, its been a really long time that I got impatient with school work. Or I don't know.

I told my classmate... "you know, there are really times that i want to avoid people, situations, things. But no matter how i would want avoiding them, I still face them because I know I have no other choice but to." ... "but even though I have thought about this really deeply... there's just.." "im really losing my patience with (subject)!!"

yeah... and i was serious. Since frosh, my motivation was "keep writing toni, imagine if that you're a journalist now and your article is due soon" ... yeah, because prior to taking BS-educational Psychology, I wanted to be a journalist really.. but now I'm a journal article writer. research research. research papers. But I'm not complaining bout my course, I've grown to be addicted to it. But this one paper! this one prof! ARRRR... you're making me hate what I love the most! :writing:

Right now. after I make this blog I hope I have enough pressure to start writing it. My only determination now is "I need to finish this and give the best that I can give not because I like you. but I need to get that honor after graduation". The honor's not such a big deal for me really when you talk about uhm.. future (because there's still a lot of factors involve to get a good job) but nothing much.. its more of self-satisfaction. hehe.

going back with the paper... hay naku. (haha procrastinating. still trying to avoid) I've never felt this aversive towards a task since I don't know. How can I possibly hate the prof and the task at the same time??? haha. trying to "understand" the situation.

times like this.. i just really want to finish the term...

but then... PERO AYOKO PA [but i still don't want to]

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