proud and pink

"I'm proud to walk beside you" is probably the nicest compliment I've ever gotten. See, I have this yearning for people who mean a lot to me to be proud of me. I want my parents to be proud of me, I want my siblings to be proud of me, I want my boyfriend to be proud of me, and I want my closest friends to be proud of me. That's why it broke my heart when once upon a time, someone told me 'I consider you my best friend, but let's just keep that between the two of us'. What, do the hairs in my nostrils stick out so much that being associated with me is such an embarrassment?

Anyway, here is a chio photo of me and Ivy...the Pink Supremes hehe=)




That pink skirt was given to me by my brother as Christmas present. Nice ryt? Ahaha.

Champion

I just want to share something I learned from the service this afternoon. Pastor Butch was in the Philippines during the much-anticipated Pacquiao-Morales rematch. At the start of the delayed telecast, a lady who has a son in LA (and therefore already knew who won) took the liberty to whisper to him the outcome of the match. Oops! Spoiler! But let's look at this situation in another point of view.

For the others who still didn't know what's gonna happen, they got very tensed and agitated every time Pacquiao becomes the receiving end of Morales' boxing glove. But Pastor Butch already knew that Pacquiao's gonna win in the tenth round, so whatever happens in between, such as Morales seemingly beating the pulp out of the great Pacman, he's not gonna get bothered anymore.

While watching the game, God impressed upon Pastor Butch that Christian life is like that. Maybe at this time you seem like being crushed by the enemy..you seem to be losing..but take heart, because God has the final say. He is the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, and rest assured in the end we have our victory in the Lord. It's one thing to be fighting for victory, and another thing to be fighting from victory. Free your mind from worry and concentrate on reaching that moment of glory instead.

As for me, I hope I'll remember what I just wrote.

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Now I know why people commit suicide during Christmas Eve.

Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, and I'm not even Chinese. But being alone at this moment really sucks.

The Pinoy people went out. Yup Arthur invited me, but I graciously declined because I was doing some research at the library a while ago, and I also had to go to our youth meeting in the afternoon til evening. AND today's supposed to be devoted to lab report writing.

But as I was walking back to PGP, I met ROTANA (my super studious Dean's Lister friend)along the way, and HE'S GOING OUT TONIGHT!!! AIYAH. He's also not Chinese! So disappointing. Why didn't I do my lab report earlier so I could celebrate with the majority of the people living here in Singapore? But actually, I really didn't have any time for other things the previous weeks because of our interim presentation to the 'Ministerial Committee', which THANK GOD is over and done with already. I devoted all my time doing flash and other 'ornaments' for our website.

AAAAAArgh. Should I call Sundeep and invite him out or not? No..I should do my lab report and catch up on lectures and tutorials. But PGP is deserted and quiet. Everyone's out there having fun. I thought I'd have the advantage over my Chinese classmates of getting more things done over the long weekend...but walau...this feeling of being left out in the celebrations is crippling me. I also want to go out and watch some fireworks display...or watch a movie...or just go out there in the streets and savour the festive mood.

But no...I am stuck here in my room with 2 lab reports to do because of my poor time management.

And by the way, my thumb drive has been found (yey!), but I lost a CD I borrowed from the library. I'm supposed to buy the book version of the CD as well, because you can only have the CD if you buy the book. I don't know what's happening to me, why I keep on losing stuff nowadays.

If I lose another thing, especially one NOT owned by me, PLEASE FRY ME okay.

PS
On normal nights, I would have really been pissed by my anonymous blockmate's loud playing of music, but tonight I take solace in what I had considered nuisance.

Yey, I'm not alone in my block.

...

You. are. not. worth. my. time.

as. I. am. not. worth. yours.

PACMAN Woot!

PACQUIAO STORMS ACROSS THE PACIFIC
Morales suffers first KO in vengeance match

January 21, 2006
Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas

How can one man make 92 million people happy all at once? Just ask three-time world champion, Manny Pacquiao and he'll tell you.

With a powerful career-defining win over future hall-of-famer Erik Morales last night, Pacquiao avenged last year's loss to Morales at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Over 14,000 people witnessed what almost 92 million Filipino will eventually see what some would consider the renewing of vows between Pacquiao and his legacy to the Filipino people, and the boxing community.



In a fashion that could not have been written any better, Manny Pacquiao had many more ups than downs throughout almost 10 full rounds of truly championship boxing, earning a 10 round KO over Tijuana's Erik Morales, who hit the canvas for what really is the first time in his career.

Pacquiao moved to show that not having the overwhelming distractions he had during his first fight truly made a difference in this fight.

"I was well prepared. Shelly Finkel and my team cleared all distractions from me", said the Filipino southpaw.

The very beginning of the fight was met with a longer than usual feeling out process for these two crowd-pleasing gladiators, who where each 100% ready for tonight's bout according to their perspective camps. As Pacquiao's Promoter Gary Shaw stated earlier in the week, "Whoever loses this fight, will have lost only because they could not win, no excuses."

Pacquiao appeared to be different this from the very 1st round, showing a bit more patience than what most believe he could. Pacquiao went to the body very early on. This allowed him to work Morales' abdomen and make him drop his defensive right hand that seems to be permanently attached to his chin. In a round that saw more controlled action from Pacquiao, Morales was overwhelmed for the most part of the second round, debuting itself as the first round to have a clear cut winner.



The double jab followed by a straight right seemed to make good enough contact for Erik Morales to win two of the first three rounds on two of the judges scorecard. These connecting punches may not have been able to score a knock out but they were definitely enough to earn something on the judge's scorecards. Pacquiao won a clear second round with speedy hooks to the body and head, while slowly but sure gaining more control of the ring.

Most of the first five rounds, with the exception of round two, where very close rounds that saw Pacquiao control the ring with quick hooks and right hands, only to be occasionally forced back by an incredibly game Morales. Morales seemed to be firing hooks and straight rights in spurts, only attacking when counterpunching and growing less successful in those attempts as the fight went on. Pacquiao's offensive striking was obviously more thought through than in their first fight, that or this time Pacquiao stuck with Freddy Roach's instructions that worked like clockwork.

It was apparent that Pacquiao's body work, right hands and hooks were working. Allowing Pacquiao to wear down the former champion midway through the fight. "I feel him slipping. I think I have him hurt in the sixth round," Pacquiao would say later.

Pacquiao showed incredible growth in his fight game, seemingly adding an equally dangerous weapon to his arsenal, his right hand. Pacquiao who in the past has been known for over pursuing his opponents when they are hurt, showed great maturity by throwing hooks to the body and head that would connect and instead of lunging in for the kill, he wisely stepped back and used his right to keep Morales guessing as to where he would be coming from.


In fairness, ang macho ng ilong ni Papa Erik.

By the eighth round both fighters had taken some great shots and had both struck back when being heavily engaged throughout the fight. Morales had a cut on his eyebrow an his body showed signs that he knew his body wasn't going to make it through the twelfth round. Pacquiao continued with his constant application of body work along with the straight left, uppercut and hook combinations. Morales seemed on the brink of being down several times throughout the fight, but with the heart of a true champion Morales came back and would pursue Manny as a way to stop the assault, at least temporarily.

The crowd who was split very closely down the middle each chanted for their Hero as the fight went on. Morales looked like a beaten man by the end of the sixth, although he stayed in the fight, at this point had yet to be completely out of it. Morales would answer the seventh with a strong desire to keep the pace up but that hungrier Pacquiao would not be denied his sweet revenge.

The tenth round started like most of the other rounds, having Pacquiao coming in to trade and Morales doing his best to stay in it. Morales' body looked like it was saying it was done. With a cut over his right eyebrow and a chin that had been through the roughest of nights; Morales was dominated one last time in the tenth. With less than a minute to go, Pacquiao rocked Morales with the kind of power Morales claimed he had never felt before, and knocked him down for the first time in the fight.



Morales recovered in time to make the count and give a valiant effort, as you could see that his mind was telling him that he should not stand up. Instead to just stay down as his body was done; but Morales' with the heart of a Lion, managed to stand up on courage alone. Facing Pacquiao once again, Morales hoped to make it through the round, a feeling he had never felt before in his professional career. Morales stayed true to form and engaged Pacquiao even while still dazed. Pacquiao seized the opportunity and with the might of an entire country flurried hooks to the whole of Morales until he crumpled to the ground and referee Kenny Bayless stepped in and stopped the bout, declaring Pacquiao the winner by KO at 2:33 into the tenth round.

Pacquiao felt confident about his win, saying he always knew what was in him: "I was ready. Morales said I made excuses before--well, there no excuses today."

As a precaution, Morales was taken to Valley Hospital for precautionary reasons and has since been released from the hospital.

My Say:

Kababayan ko yan! Kababayan ko yan!

Happy Birthday to Me

Today I say goodbye to being a teenager. However, I'm not letting any quarter-life crisis stop me from basking in the awesome goodness of my God who gave me this gift called life in the first place.

Thank you for the twenty years of journeying with me Lord. I know it has not been smooth-sailing, and many times I have doubted that you could calm the waves that were crashing over me. But at all times your promises have rung true, and that you never left me nor forsaken me even when it seemed otherwise. Thank you for giving me the chance to know you, and that I have Someone to thank when I'm feeling grateful.

So yup, many good things happened today. But what I consider the highlight of my birthday is my Wyldfire youth buddies meeting Ruchchan the Moonshallow. I'm really grateful to you guys for being very nice to him, for being so warm and for making him feel welcome. I really appreciate your gesture of coming up to him to introduce yourselves with your usual big smiles and friendly voices. Thank you.

Thank you for everyone who greeted me and for your nice, thoughtful gifts. You really paid attention to what I had said or wrote in the past. You guys knew what I wanted. Thank you.

As I step into twenty-hood, may I not forget lessons learned in the past, and may I continue to charge forward with zeal and hope as my bright future in the palm of God's hands unfolds.

Makita Kang Muli

For a change, here is a post not in any way related to my project. Hee=) I super love this song by Sugarfree. This is theme song of Panday.


Makita Kang Muli

Bawat sandali ng aking buhay
Pagmamahal mo ang aking taglay
San man mapadpad ng hangin
Hindi magbabago aking pagtingin
Pangako natin sa Maykapal
Na tayo lamang sa habang buhay
Maghintay

Ipaglalaban ko ang ating pag-ibig
Maghintay ka lamang, Ako'y darating
Pagka't sa isang taong mahal mo ng buong puso
Lahat ay gagawin makita kang muli,
Makita kang muli

Puso'y nagdurusa nangungulila
Iniisip ka 'pag nag-iisa
Inaalala mga sandali
Nang tayo ay magkapiling
Ikaw ang gabay sa aking tuwina
Ang aking ilaw sa gabing mapanglaw
Tanging ikaw

Ipaglalaban ko ang ating pag-ibig
Maghintay ka lamang, ako'y darating
Pagka't sa isang taong mahal mo ng buong puso
Lahat ay gagawin
Makita kang muli, makita kang muli
Makita kang muli


First time I heard this song, I melted. I not only like its lyrics, but I delight in its melody as well. Ever since I got back here in SG, that song keeps on playing inside my head. But I'm not complaining.

=(

This CE3101 project really takes A LOT of our time.

I cannot take it anymore.

********

I just dropped my GEM to accommodate CE3101. To hell with 400+ lost CORS points.

Moonshallow

I'm just grateful that Sundeep is there to always make me laugh.

Don't Cry Little One

Crybaby.

That's what I morphed into before I started working again on our project. I was just contemplating...

This sem I have 7 modules. How in the world will I cope?

See, it wasn't in my plan to have seven modules. Last time when I took six modules, I failed one of them. I didn't even have any CCA that time, which is why I also wasn't able to stay back in KR. This time, aside fom worrying about my acads, I also have other CCA commitments. So how?

Dr. Chew didn't tell us right away that they changed our CE3101 schedule. The project we're working on right now is supposed to be covered for 3 semesters, this current semester being the second one. But he announced that they want to cut the span of our project short, which means after this semester we will already have a grade for this module. The thing is, this first part alone is already very time consuming, which is nothing compared to the final deliverable at the end of this sem. The final product of our project is a master plan for developing an integrated resort (IR) in Sentosa Island, which means we have to make technical calculations regarding every building and other structures we're planning to build, and that includes roads, sewage system, tourist attractions, etc...

I saw the past projects of our seniors, and I was like "What? They're expecting us to do something like that at the end of this sem?"

So about the seven modules. Yep, so this project is the seventh one. I already have 6 modules, all of which I bidded from IVLE. I didn't know then that CE3101 is due this sem. A while ago I was planning to drop my GEM, but I decided against it because it's a very expensive module. I gave up so much points on my general account for it, and I might not even have enough points to bid for all the modules I'm planning to take next sem because I only have 15 points left this sem.

Just like what Ivy said, I'm only human, but I will attempt. I don't want to fail any more modules. I don't want to be black-listed in my CCA commitments. I hope I could manage my time well, which means I would have to give up some unnecessary leisure activities. Really, this is the time when I really just have to trust God, and await as His wonderful plans for me unfold.

Gone with the Wind

I lost my thumb drive.

You know, the one I bought just last week.

The one that had our project stuff in it, especially the part I was working on.

I had back-up of course...but then..

I fished out 45 bucks for it!

While waiting for my next lecture, I went to the computer cluster to check my mails and maybe do some project work, so I took out my thumb drive and connected it to the unit I was using. And that's the last time I saw it.

I went back a while ago in high hopes of retrieving it, but it was nowhere to be found.

A heavy price to pay for a lesson on responsibility.

MACromedia!!!

I am so happy! Even my inconsiderate blockmate who's currently blaring loud Indian music that could indeed reach India cannot spoil my mood! Why? Because one of the things in my non-existent wishlist has come true! And that is to have Macromedia Studio MX installed in my iBook! I've always been frustrated with my iBook because I've always presumed that in order to have copies of the fantastic but expensive softwares introduced to me just this school year, I'd just have to settle for pirated ones - and finding pirated MAC versions is like craving for strawberry-flavored fruit juice made from real oranges. Poor metaphor but you get the idea. Or not, hehe!

I've been working on our project using the computers at the engin computer cluster and VI Studio. But it's a bit far from PGP, and when I work I have to take into account my bus ride home. That means I cannot work til too late that I'd miss the last bus home. PC cluster is also NOT open 24/7, which means I can only work during a limited time. Though VI studio is always open for CVE students, it's a bit scary to work alone at night, because it's at farthest end of the corridor on the eighth floor of E1.

Actually Sundeep has Macromedia on his laptop, and that's where I finished the headers I made just now. I still had something to work on, but it was nearing 11pm already and I cannot miss the last bus back to PGP. So, out of frustration, I asked him to show me his Macromedia installation CD just in case a miracle would happen that would allow me to have the coveted programs installed in my own laptop. A 'miracle' because I've always presumed that his CD is exclusively for windows.

Then I heard him speak such wonderful words that it still brings tears to my eyes.

"Hey it's also for Mac!"

The world stopped for a while. I rushed at his side, and then I saw what would be the cause of pure glee and much rejoicing. Gleaming across the shiny disk were the words WIN/MAC.

So that's it. Now I'm so happy!!! Yayness!

About the headers* I made. They may look simple for seasoned web designers, but I'm still actually surprised that I was able to do them. Our class only had one 2-hour crash course for each of the programs we're supposed to use, and we have to learn the rest on our own. Our project is essentially about developing a virtual island, and from our course we are taught only about the technical aspects and not really about designing a webpage. During vacation I wasn't able to practice because I didn't have the programs at home, but I was determined to give myself several other crash courses before our presentation just so I could add more decent material to our previous website design. I was wrong to underestimate the power of my God who's ever-present in times of need.

* Tomorrow** I'm going to post them.

** Or the day after that.

Night world!!!

PS. (edited 17 Jan)

I have yet to learn how to upload the headers I made. I tried to use photobucket but it compromised the quality. I cannot directly upload through Blogger. I take pride in my first 'professional' flash work pa naman. Hehe!

Our presentation was moved to Friday next week! One good thing is that we could have more time to improve our work (which we need badly), but I thought I'd have more than one reason to celebrate on Sunday with our presentation being done and all. Never mind, I'm grateful for the upside of things.

One more thing, I was only hoping to get hold of a pirated copy of the CD right...I forgot to mention that the CD I got was original! Freebie from IBM! Kudos, Kudos! That's why Sundeep is always gloating about how great IBM is compared to Apple. But then of course, love your own. I have Mac and I love it despite of its apparent shortcomings.

Hug in the Fog

I like this photo. A foggy backdrop of my tito's farm in the highlands of Bukidnon, plus we were all cuddled up=)

We tasted the clouds.

Equatorial Engineering Pte. Ltd.

First things first. Three significant occasions have passed without me writing any post about them. Oh, except for the first day of the New Year, which didn't really turn out right. But anyway, that post is gone now, so...Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday Sundeep. Yuck, already 21. =p

Actually I'm just taking a break. This is a bit unfair. Still the third day of the new sem and I'm already very stressed. Okay it's my fault I didn't do anything during the holidays, but that's because I'm just doing justice to the term holidays. Hello, vacation time? Huhu. And stressed all the more brought about by my dean's lister groupmates. It's actually good you know - quality control - as I cannot be a hindrance to their A-pluses, which works well for me too as they'll be sharing their coveted grade with me.

Hats off to Rotana as he did A LOT of stuff during the holidays. Now if I had the softwares with me I'd be more than glad to experiment with our webpage too. Really.

Now I'm frantically searching the net for some technical construction details about these five amazing infrastructures assigned to me: Bellagio Hotel and Casino, The Sands Macau, Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART), The Sail, and Ski Dubai. Our group, no - our firm, is going to claim that we constructed and developed all of these, as well as 25 other famous resorts/theme parks/ skycrapers/ roads. Quite ambitious no? Actually, out of this world. I've searched real engineering firms and they don't have a portfolio as impressive (to the point of being outrageous) as this. It's like one firm monopolizing the construction of all the world's current technological wonders. I just hope our firm could pull it off during our presentation to the Prime Minister next week.

Next week??? Gak.

God, help me sift through the world wide web so I could find what I'm looking for.

And please give me patience. Right now.