| The wait is over |
[19 Feb 2004|05:35pm] |
The results of the UPCAT were apparently released today at the Diliman Campus. When news of the release got to us, people got frantic calling up their contacts in UP asking them to look for their names etcetera. I asked some of my classmates to ask their contacts to look for my name too.
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| 20th Last School Day |
[09 Feb 2004|07:37pm] |
I have resolved to take pictures for my last twenty school days in high school. So today's the 20th to the last. Let the countdown begin![ Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<img [...] last">') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] I have resolved to take pictures for my last twenty school days in high school. So today's the 20th to the last. Let the countdown begin!<p align="center"><img src="http://www.vicrenzo.com/images/feb9-1.jpg" width="200" height="150 alt="20th to the last" style="margin: 2px;" /> <img src="http://www.vicrenzo.com/images/feb9-2.jpg" width="200" height="150 alt="20th to the last" style="margin: 2px;" /> <img src="http://www.vicrenzo.com/images/feb9-3.jpg" width="200" height="150 alt="20th to the last" style="margin: 2px;" /> <img src="http://www.vicrenzo.com/images/feb9-4.jpg" width="200" height="150 alt="20th to the last" style="margin: 2px;" /></p>The previous pics were all taken during English period. It's the only class I'd rather take it easy and take pictures than... listen attentively? <b>(<a href="http://www.vicrenzo.com/archives/000447.php">continue "20th Last School Day"</a>)</b> |
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| Let the Marcos truth prevail? |
[08 Feb 2004|07:44am] |
I spent almost the entire afternoon yesterday at Toff's house. So there, at one time I was just alone in his room. Suddenly, he barges in and tells me that Imelda Marcos was there in their house! Imelda Marcos came over to visit the Speaker. Even though I heavily dislike the Marcoses, I was starstruck with Imelda. (Whoa, you're like... the same woman who met with all these world leaders, who has this huge shoe collection, the wife of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, the same woman so many Filipinos hate, etc.!) At first I didn't know what to do, should I do justice to the Filipinos people and stab her to death, or should I be just be nice and respectful. She still had this regal and tall image. That woman is still filthy rich, you know! The clothes, the shoes, the perfume and the jewelry she was wearing, they all made a statement (Take away hundreds of millions of dollars from us, and we still have enough to live off like royals). She's in her 70's and yet her skin isn't wrinkled! She was talking with Gina de Venecia when I noticed that she brought along some thick books with her, so I butt in the conversation and asked what they were. I was intrigued by the title, "Let the Marcos truth prevail." And there she went alking about her husband being the authentic winner of the controversial 1986 presidential elections. She said it was a compilation of hundreds of documents trying to defend the late Ferdinand Marcos in all cases possible.
Bah! (I was wondering why she had to visit the House Speaker). Then I remembered, campaign period begins on Tuesday!
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| My third prom |
[25 Jan 2004|10:07am] |
I had a fabulous time at the prom of my busmate's sister. If there's one thing I've realized tonight, it's that I socialize with girls (and other people in general) much, much better by dancing with them rather than plain talking and/or machismo drinking (because I don't drink and if it counts, I don't smoke). Mmmm. I had few inhibitions tonight since I didn't know anybody else in the prom except for my partner, so I wasn't ashamed to dance. And there were just about a hundred people in the prom. Maybe that's why I rarely enjoyed the parties I attended in high school with my classmates. Almost all that's being done is machismo drinking and chatting. Not that it's not fun, but see, it often gets boring easily and I rarely have anything in common with my classmates and their friends when it comes to conversation topics. That's why I always feel left out.
Anyway, I looked like a dance instructor with my black turtleneck, black coat and pants. Two other guys at the prom wore the same thing, but who cares. I don't.
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| Kites in the field |
[22 Jan 2004|01:07am] |
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There was a kite-flying contest today in school. I couldn't care less -- I didn't know how to make a kite and fly it, and I had no enthusiasm since our class kites didn't seem to have any chances winning anyway. I just had a lazy time on the vast grassy field with some classmates taking some pictures. 
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| Choosing my own path |
[14 Jan 2004|06:11pm] |
After the ACET results got out, people started to talk a lot about our plans after high school graduation. One of the questions raised is about the choice of college. As you know, as many of my classmates know, I'd always say that I'd choose to go to UP (God, I really hope I passed the UPCAT). Not because I hate Ateneo, no, of course not. I don't hate Ateneo. My four years in Ateneo high school taught me a lot. I am overly thankful for what Ateneo formed me into. It's just that I am more inclined to leave my confinements and star anew, with new challenges and experiences, in a new environment, with new people. All of my classmates passed the ACET, and so did a lot of my friends. If I don't leave, I think I'm going to feel like it's high school all over again. I want to try something new this time. I'm going to start with a clean slate.
Anyway, if I don't pass UP, I'm going to be depressed for a while, of course. But I don't really have that much problems staying. If only all those people who asked for my course don't mock me for my so-called obscure choice. Social Sciences. What the hell, so what?. Making money is not the only thing that would make me happy in my chosen career in life. In fact, if I had the choice, I'd rather live a simple life in a province far away from chaotic Manila. I don't really want to be confined to an office cubicle or an overly corporate setting. It'd make me sick.
I've often been different and obscure from a lot of you. And I've gotten kinda used to it. But please leave some understanding and respect for the choices I make.
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| Far relations |
[21 Dec 2003|12:30pm] |
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My mom comes from Bulacan with paternal ancestors from Pangasinan. She was her parents' only child, so it was easy to bring her up. She finished college with honors and law school as valedictorian. Her successful life was unlike that of her relatives though. Her paternal uncle had more than a dozen children, only a select few of them finished college. Most of them remained in Pangasinan in stagnant poverty. And through the years, the clan grew, my mom's paternal cousins had even more children and their children had more children. The same thing went for my mom's maternal relatives. Though, I think they were better off because they had less children (not that I'm blaming having many children as the cause of their poverty, but...).
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| TD Christmas |
[18 Dec 2003|08:39pm] |
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We held a Christmas party for our TD kids in Nangka this very sunny afternoon. I was having a headache so that put me into kind of a grumpy mood. But of course, I still managed to be cheerful and all smiling with my kids. 
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